Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to M Dewever.
The authors describe a clinical case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, showing major leukemic infiltration of the cochlea and the acoustic nerve. The patient however didn't present any otological symptom. A brief literature review is added (clinical aspects, histopathological aspects ...). The authors stress on performing routine audiometric examinations in leukemia, especially in the acute forms of the disease.
In order to evaluate the clinical evolution of ethmoïditis with orbital complications in children and the frequency of surgical treatment, the authors reviewed the clinical findings, evolution, complications and treatment on 74 children with acute ethmoïditis. The antibiotics heal the majority of children (69 cases) until the stage of periorbital cellulitis. The abscesses which are more frequent in older children require surgical drainage.
The authors describe the evolution of a mucocele of the sphenoïdal sinus to a reversible retrobulbar neuritis. They discuss the surgical treatment by trans-antro-ethmoïdal way.
The authors describe a new technique for the preparation of the temporal bone for histological studies. A serious advantage of this technique is its quickest realization allowing to obtain histological serial sections of the cochlea in 6 or 8 weeks.