[Rheumatic syndromes with ENT symptoms (author's transl)]. / Syndromes rhumatismaux à manifestations O.R.L.

The authors present one case of systemic lupus erythematosus associated with paralysis of the larynx and spontaneous expulsion of the arytenoid cartilage followed by healing. Two cases of chronic atrophic polychondritis are also presented, and the diagnostic and therapeutic criteria of the disease are discussed.

[Familial facial paralysis. Generalised cortical hyperostosis (author's transl)]. / Paralysies faciales familiales. Hyperostose corticale généralisée.

Generalised cortical hyperostosis is a rare disease. In our own field it involves the lower jaw and the skull. Certain nerves, including the facial, may be compressed as a result. This condition behaves genetically in a recessive or dominant manner.

[Surgery for laryngeal stenosis in infants in liable in case of failure to produce a worse condition resulting on a definitive disability (author's transl)]. / Sténoses laryngées durables de l'enfant et méfaits des traitements chirurgicaux. Le calibrage évolutif.

The proper treatment for these stenosis is the "evolutive calibrage" which takes advantage of the normal growth of the larynx with no risk of aggravation.

[Jugulo-carotid glomus and false glomus tumors. Three cases (author's transl)]. / Glomus et faux glomus jugulo-carotidiens. A propos de trois cas.

A carotid glomus is, classically, a firm, non-pulsatile tumor situated just behind the carotid bifurcation. Erreurs are possible: -- the tumor may be pulsatile, -- the site impossible to define if the tumor is large. Carotid arteriography is essential, in the case of a glomus tumor showing widening of the carotid bifurcation. Treatment is surgical, with possible ablation or reconstruction of the carotid axis. Such surgery must be performed in a specialized centre.