[On the 90th anniversary of the Department and Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology, Irkutsk State Medical University].

Teaching otorhinolaryngology in East Siberia based at the Medical Faculty of East-Siberian Medical University dates back to 1922. The first lecturer was A.D. Bolotov who represented the Moscow medical school headed by professor von-Stein. The Department of Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology were founded in 1924. The building of the Irkutsk Clinic of diseases of the ear, throat and nose and of the Moscowvon-Stein Hospital was financed by Bazanovs, the family of Russian merchants and gold producers. During different periods, the Department Otorhinolaryngology at the Irkutsk State Medical University was headed by associate professor A.S. Nikolaev, professors A,T, Bondarenko, I'V. Gol'dfarb, and Krukover, associated professor A.P. Misharin, V.A. Filenius, professors A.G. Shanturov and E.V. Nosulya, candudates of medical sciences S.V. Dudkin and M.V. Subbotina. The authors describe the main stages in the development of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the Irkutsk State Medical University the special reference to its key activities and achievement.

[Foreign bodies of the ear]. / Inorodnye tela ukha.

The paper presents practical aspects of diagnosis and management of foreign bodies found in the ear. Methodological approaches of medical aid to patients with foreign bodies in the ear are described. It is shown that such foreign bodies can provoke severe complications. The authors have developed a convenient classification which enables valid assessment of the clinical situation and facilitates a choice of the adequate therapeutic policy.

[Use of MR spectroscopy in the study of the nature of paramagnetic complexes of nasal secretion]. / Primenenie EPR-spektroskopii dlia izucheniia prirody paramagnitnykh kompleksov nosovogo sekreta.

New data are presented indicating that the electron paramagnetic resonance technique can be used to study nasal secretion paramagnetic centers. In the study 53 subjects, who were not exposed to industrial aerosols during their professional activities, were examined. It was demonstrated that nasal secretion contained paramagnetic centers bound with iron- and copper-containing proteins in the concentrations which were significantly lower than plasma had. It is postulated that metal-containing complexes may be involved in defence systems of the upper airways.

[The role of ultrasonic diagnosis in pediatric laryngology]. / Rol' ul'trazvukovoi diagnostiki v detskoi laringologii.

In order to have a visual picture of the larynx, laryngeal preparations and larynxes of 50 healthy children were exposed to ultrasonic scanning. Also, 48 children, aged 9 months to 15 years, were examined 77 times: their complaints were dysphonia and/or impaired breathing. On the basis of the findings sonographic signs of laryngeal papillomatosis were described (18 children). Ultrasonic observations were in the norm in catarrhal laryngitis (10 children) and limited forms of hyperplastic laryngitis (18 children). Ultrasonic examination helped diagnose impaired mobility of vocal cords. It is recommended to use ultrasonic visualization for rapid diagnosis of ENT diseases in children as well as for surveillance of children with laryngeal papillomatosis.