Chronic tonsillitis is identified by a 3-month history of sore throat, halitosis, odynophagia, possibly otalgia, and tonsillar inflammation, often with debris within crypts or tonsillar exudates.30,31 Chronic tonsillitis may also be defined by the presence of tonsilliths, which consist of firm...
NPC, nonkeratinizing undifferentiated type, has in the past been referred to as lymphoepithelioma, an unfortunate and incorrect term, as this malignancy is wholly epithelial, albeit with a prominent associated benign lymphoplasmacytic cell infiltrate. Morphologically identical neoplasms to the NPC, non...
4.5 MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS The term miliary relates to similarities between the 1-2 mm millet seed (Figure 4.7) and the nodular pulmonary infiltrates that often occur during the infection. The chest X-ray in miliary disease may be normal, have nodular shadows which are barely visible or have ...
Cancers of the oropharynx or hypopharynx rarely cause early symptoms, but they may cause sore throat and/or otalgia. HPV-related tumors frequently present with neck lymphadenopathy as the first sign. Hoarseness may be an early symptom of laryngeal cancer, and persistent hoarseness requires referral...
and even AD with age.9They typically exhibit deficits in short-term memory and language abilities, as well as a variety of oral symptoms such as periodontitis, angular lip cheilitis,34missing teeth, malformed teeth, delayed tooth eruption, malocclusion, fissured lips and tongue, macroglossia, mou...
Primary systemic vasculitides are rare in childhood but are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The cause of the majority of vasculitides is unknown, although it is likely that a complex interaction between environmental factors, such as
As many patients with indications for unilateral irradiation generally carry favorable prognoses, the reduction of chronic toxicities and prioritization of long-term quality of life outcomes after treatment is of growing importance [3]. To meet this need, PBT is a promising treatment modality in this...
It is noteworthy that, besides AR, extra-esophageal reflux leads to entire anatomical alteration above the esophagus, causing sinusitis, middle ear effusion, otalgia, globus pharyngeus, sleep disordered breathing13 as well as dental erosion in children. Clinical implications stemming from AR amongst ...
simple phobia- any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli 2.photophobia- pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism) photalgia hurting,pain- a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient develop...
pain from spine fracture secondary to osteoporosis; arthritis pain in the spine, headache related to cerebrovascular disease and stroke; headache due to vascular disorder; reflex sympathetic dystrophy, cervicalgia; glossodynia, carotidynia; cricoidynia; otalgia due to middle ear lesion; gastric pain;...