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Tuberculosis can involve virtually any organ and it manifests itself in various forms. When tuberculosis is as widespread as it is currently in this paper. Primary nasal tuberculosis is a rare disease. The clinicians fail to diagnose its symptoms as primary nasal tuberculosis and therefore its diagnosis and treatment is often delayed. We aim to present in the light of relevant literature the case of a 60-year-old woman with epistaxis and crusting who was admitted to a clinic. A biopsy of the marginal tissue was performed. The diagnosis was based on histopathology and successful response to antituberculous drug treatment. The basic principles that the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis and extra-pulmonary forms of the disease to elucidate the clinical characteristics of nasal tuberculosis and to discuss its diagnostic difficulties.
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Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use , Nose Diseases/diagnosis , Tuberculosis/diagnosis , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Nose Diseases/drug therapy , Nose Diseases/microbiology , Treatment Outcome , Tuberculosis/drug therapyABSTRACT
The author of one of the earliest surgical books was Serefettin Sabuncuoglu (AD 1385 to 1468?). He is the author of Cerrahiyyetül-Haniyye (Imperial Surgery), which was written in 1465. This book contains miniatures of surgical procedures, and there were many important and major new contributions to the surgical literature originally described by Sabuncuoglu himself. He described surgical management of nasal polyposis, nasal fracture, facial palsy, mandibular fracture and dislocation, hoarseness and constriction of the breath, tumors of the tonsil and uvula, laryngeal tumors, and goiter. The aim of this report is to describe his contributions to otorhinolaryngology.
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History, 15th Century , Otolaryngology/history , General Surgery/history , Humans , TurkeyABSTRACT
Schwannomas are benign neoplasms arising from Schwann cells of peripheral, cranial and autonomic nerves. Schwannomas of the head and neck comprise 25% to 45% of all schwannomas; however, nasal and paranasal schwannomas account for 4% of these tumors. In this report, two cases of nasal schwannoma are presented. One was a 67-year-old female patient whose tumor completely filled the right nasal cavity and extended beyond the maxillary and ethmoid sinuses. The other patient was a 10-year-old child who had a tumor in the left lateral nasal wall, which is a rare case considering her age. A lateral rhinotomy approach was used in the first patient due to the wide extension of the tumor. In the second case we preferred the intranasal approach because the tumor had limited extension. No recurrences were seen in the postoperative follow-up periods.
