Diseases of the ear, throat and nose (otolaryngology)

Benign tumors of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Tumors of the nasal cavity are relatively rare diseases. Much more often diagnosed tumors of the paranasal sinuses and, in particular, tumors of the maxillary sinus. Malignant tumors of this region make, according to different authors, from 0.2 to 1.4% of cancer tumors of other localizations.

Rinofima: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Rhinophyma (greek, rhis, rhinos nose + phyma outgrowth) (wine nose, pineal nose) is an inflammatory disease of the skin of the nose, characterized by hypertrophy of all its elements (connective tissue, blood vessels and sebaceous glands), enlargement and disfigurement of the nose.

Chronic sphenoiditis

Chronic sphenoiditis (chronic inflammation of the sphenoid sinus, chronic inflammation of the main sinus, chronic sphenoidal sinusitis (sinusitis sphenaiditis chronica).

Chronic etmoiditis

Chronic etmoiditis (chronic ethmoid sinusitis, ethmoiditis chronica) is a chronic inflammation of the mucous membrane of the cells of the latticular sinus.

Chronic frontal sinusitis: treatment

The goals of chronic frontitis treatment are restoration of drainage and aeration of the affected sinus, removal of pathological detachment from its lumen, stimulation of reparative processes.

Chronic frontitis

Chronic frontitis (chronic frontal sinus inflammation, frontitis chronica) is a long-flowing frontitis, manifested by periodic pain in the corresponding forehead part and nasal discharge, hyperplasia of the mucosa with the development of polyps and granulations.

Chronic sinusitis

Chronic maxillary sinusitis is a honic inflammation of the maxillary sinus, chronic maxillary sinusitis (sinusitis maxlllam chronica, highmoritls chronica).

Acute sinusitis: treatment

The "gold standard" in the treatment of acute purulent sinusitis is still considered to be puncture treatment. In countries of Western Europe and the United States, the use of systemic antibiotics is more common.

Acute Sinusitis

Acute sinusitis is an acute inflammation of the mucous membrane of one or several paranasal sinuses. Inflammatory diseases of the paranasal sinuses are considered one of the most urgent problems of otorhinolaryngology.

Hematoma and abscess of the nasal septum: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

The hematoma of the nasal septum is a limited accumulation of liquid or coagulated blood between the perichondrium (periosteum) and the cartilage (bone) or between the perichondrium (periosteum) and the mucosa due to closed nose injuries with a violation of the integrity of its vessels.

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