A wide variety of pathologic findings present with unilateral sinonasal symptoms. A careful history, examination, and radiographic studies can often determine the responsible disease process. Histologic confirmation remains obligatory for diagnosis. There are also some rare cases, which should be considered in differential diagnosis of unilateral polyp or mass lesion on nasoendoscopy.

Tympanic membrane perforation closure was successful in 76.1% (n = 35) of the 46 patients undergoing myringoplasty and in 78.3% (n = 36) of the 46 patients undergoing myringoplasty with mastoidectomy. The difference between the closure rates of the two groups was not statistically significant (p > 0.05). The difference between the two groups for hearing gain was also not statistically significant (p > 0.05).

Tuberculosis is a very serious disease and incidence is once again on the rise. Lymph node tuberculosis is one of the most common extrapulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis. In differential diagnosis of chronic, painless cervical lymphadenopathy, cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis should be kept in mind. A high index of suspicion is needed for diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis, which is known to mimic a number of pathological conditions. This article reviews epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and diagnostic techniques for cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis.

Schwannomas are tumors of the peripheral nerves originating in the nerve sheaths that account for 1% of benign tumors located in the oral cavity. The tongue as a whole is the most common location for intraoral schwannomas to occur; however, it is quite rare to diagnose schwannoma in children. We are contributing a report of a 13-year-old child with a 1-year history of slowly growing swelling on the anterior part of corpus of the tongue. The patient complained of the disturbance to mastication and phonation. Diagnosis was confirmed by excisional biopsy. Histologic identification of Antoni A and B areas along with strong and diffuse staining with S-100 stain pathologically completed the diagnosis of schwannoma.

Our objective is to compare hearing and graft take results of temporal muscle fascia tympanoplasty and cartilage reinforcement tympanoplasty. Seventy seven patients are classified into two groups: Group 1 included 37 patients for whom cartilage graft, harvested from symba concha, is used as reinforcement under temporalis muscle fascia anteriorly and Group 2 included 40 patients for whom only temporalis muscle fascia is used in type 1 tympanoplasty. A pure-tone audiometry is done within 1 week prior to surgery and at 6 months postoperatively. There is statistically significant difference between postoperative graft take results among groups. In both groups postoperative anterior TM perforation is encountered most commonly. Success rate of cartilage reinforcement tympanoplasty in revision patients is 100% but temporal muscle fascia tympanoplasty's is 66%. There is no statistically significant difference between preoperative and postoperative air conduction gain of TM intact patients. The results indicated that Cartilage reinforcement myringoplasty technique under anterior of the temporal muscle fascia significantly increases the graft take ratios in high-risk perforations and it also does not affect hearing levels. Therefore, the authors suggest usage of cartilage reinforcement tympanoplasty technique under anterior of the temporal muscle fascia which is an easy and applicable technique to increase graft take ratios, particularly in patients with preoperative anterior and subtotal TM perforations.