Scientific Articles

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a worldwide public health problem. In 2012, there were an estimated 35.4 million people living with HIV. Click for the full.

Multiple Sclerosis Case

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. MS involves different regions of the central nervous system in different periods, and causes demyelination. Click for the full.

Mastoid Surgery

Brain tissue herniation through tegmen tympani defect is rare in otorhinolaryngology practice. Although it mostly depends on congenital skull base defects, trauma, infection, and tumours, idiopathic and iatrogenic cases are also encountered. Click for the full.

Meningitis

Foreign bodies in the ear are often seen in infantile age group and are located on the external auditory canal. Foreign bodies of the middle ear however are quite rare. In this report we presented a…

Ossiculoplasty

Glass ionomer cements (GIC) have been widely used in dentistry for many years. In recent years, GIC have also been used for ossiculoplasty. The bond strength of GIC used in ossiculoplasty and the way they may…

Chronic Otitis Media Surgery

Chronic otitis media surgery in the only hearing ear. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate how quality of life was impacted in patients who underwent surgery for chronic otitis media in their only remaining hearing…

Hypertropia in Tonsil

Objectives: Asymmetric tonsillar hypertrophy is a condition, confirmed by physical examination, that can be found in every age group. The aim of this study was to compare each tonsil through macroscopic and microscopic assessment of specimens…

Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the nasal septum. Background: Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a tumour of vascular origin and unknown aetiology, which occurs in all age groups. The most common locations are the liver, bone, lungs, and brain, with…

Retropharyngeal Abscess

Retropharyngeal abscess is an emergency situation that originates from one of the deep neck spaces and may result with death by airway obstruction. Click for the full.

Traumatic Tympanic vs. Paper Patching

The authors aim to analyze the effects of oral antibiotic treatment for traumatic tympanic membrane perforations and to compare the outcomes of patients with traumatic tympanic membrane perforation after paper-patching procedure and spontaneous healing, click for full.

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a significant health problem. It has been reported by several studies that HIV was mainly transmitted through parenteral exposure, sexual activity, and body secretions such as saliva and semen.Click for…

Inverted Papilloma

Inverted papilloma (IP) is a rare benign tumor that can show recurrence. It constitutes 0.5–4% of nasal tumors. It mainly originates from the lateral nasal wall near the middle meatus and often extends to the paranasal…

SARS COV-2

The emergence of a new coronavirus strain (SARS-CoV-2) in December 2019 from China led to a global pandemic, click for the full.

SARS-CoV-2 Presence in Cerumen

The emergence of a new coronavirus strain (SARS-CoV-2) in December 2019 from China led to a global pandemic. Click for the full article.

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the nasal septum

Salivary gland masses constitute a broad spectrum of lesions ranging from non-neoplastic to benign and malignant lesions. Click for the full article.

Adenotonsillectomy

Intraoperative or postoperative bleeding due to adenotonsillectomy surgery has a high mortality potential.Click for the full article.

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis in papillary thyroid carcinoma

We retrospectively investigated whether there is a relationship between Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) and papillary thyroid carcinoma and studied the effect. Click for the full.

Gestational Diabetes

Aim: Newborn hearing screening is important for early detection of hearing loss in newborns. Gestational diabetes is a metabolic disease that can occur in pregnancy and cause complications such as those in the other diabetes mellitus…

Middle Ear

Foreign bodies in the ear are often seen in infantile age group and are located on the external auditory canal. Foreign bodies of the middle ear however are quite rare.Click for the full article.

Tularemia Case with a Neck Mass

Tularemia is a rarely encountered zoonotic disease in otololarygologic daily practice. The disease may present with ulceroglandular, oropharyngeal, pneumatic and septic forms. Although there are many contagion ways the common infection sources are rodent bits, contagionous…

Nasal Septum

A 78-year-old female patient presented to our clinic with congestion in the right nasal cavity and recurrent epistaxis for a month period.Click for the full article.

Coalescent Mastoiditis

Squamous cell carcinoma, lymphoma, plasmacytoma and metastatic tumors such as, prostate or lung tumor can occur in the mastoid bone. Plasmacytomas are rare plasma cell tumors of the mastoid bone.Click for the full article.

Anthropometric Growth From the Ear

In this study, we aimed to measure the auricle dimensions of individuals with Down syndrome, which are known to have different anomalies, and to evaluate the auricle development from birth.Click for the full.

Hearing Ear

We have read with great interest the article by Yoo, et al.  which presents very important clinical observations. Click for the full article.

Rhinoplasty Cases

Rhinoplasty is a frequently performed surgical procedure. Besides an aesthetically successful outcome, determination of additional nasal pathologies and making a simultaneous intervention on these are also essential for a successful functional outcome.Click for the full article.

Praat-Assisted Nasalance Meter

This study aimed to introduce a low-cost system measuring nasalance, which can often be performed with high-cost systems, and to present the normative nasalance values for adults using this system.Click for the full article.