ABSTRACT
The authors demonstrate some pitfalls of the diagnosis of foreign bodies wedged in the hypopharynx (drawing instrument) and oesophagus (beef bone) in two children who developed extensive retropharyngeal abscesses. Both foreign bodies were endoscopically extracted on the eighth day after the event. The affected area recovered without sequelae.
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Esophagus , Foreign Bodies/diagnosis , Hypopharynx , Abscess/diagnosis , Abscess/etiology , Child, Preschool , Foreign Bodies/complications , Humans , Infant , Male , Pharyngeal Diseases/diagnosis , Pharyngeal Diseases/etiologySubject(s)
Respiratory Hypersensitivity/physiopathology , Tonsillectomy , Female , Humans , Male , Retrospective StudiesSubject(s)
Eczema/microbiology , Skin Diseases, Infectious/immunology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Antibody Formation , Child , Eczema/immunology , Female , Humans , Immunity, Innate , Male , Middle Aged , Skin Diseases, Infectious/microbiology , Skin TestsSubject(s)
Immunoglobulins/analysis , Palatine Tonsil/immunology , Adolescent , Adult , Child , Child, Preschool , Chronic Disease , Female , Fluorescent Antibody Technique , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Tonsillitis/immunology , Tonsillitis/surgerySubject(s)
Laryngeal Neoplasms/surgery , Laryngectomy/rehabilitation , Social Adjustment , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Laryngeal Neoplasms/rehabilitation , Male , Middle Aged , Quality of LifeSubject(s)
Acupuncture Therapy/methods , Electric Stimulation Therapy , Trigeminal Neuralgia/therapy , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle AgedSubject(s)
Parotid Neoplasms/therapy , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Infant , Male , Middle Aged , Parotid Neoplasms/diagnosisABSTRACT
Using a direct immunofluorescent staining method a qualitative determination of different immunoglobulin fractions in the tissue of hypertropic pharyngeal tonsils of children and youth suffering from repeated infections was performed. It was found that the immunofluorescent staining of IgG was stronger than of IgA. A difference with regard to the frequency of appearance between IgG and IgA could not be seen. On the other hand IgM staining was less frequent and strong. Extracellular IgG was present in germinal centres of the secondary lymphoid follicles, intracellular one was found in the immunocompetent cells. Extra- and intracellular IgG was more often demonstrable in the spaces of the lymphoid tissue, between the surface epithelial cells or around the glands and the blood cappilaries. The results seen here are in correlation with the values of the earlier performed quantitative estimations of the different immunoglobulin classes.
