Treatment of central and sensorineural tinnitus with orally administered Melatonin and Sulodexide: personal experience from a randomized controlled study.

Since very little is understood about the exact aetiology of tinnitus, this has made treatment of the condition difficult. Even though approximately 10-15% of the general population suffer from tinnitus, only 2% consider it serious enough to warrant any treatment. The main problem arising from tinnitus is the disturbance it causes not only in day to day life but also in sleep, leading to fatigue and general discomfort. The present study focused on the effect of Melatonin in conjunction with Sulodexide as a treatment method for tinnitus. Overall, 102 patients suffering from tinnitus were evaluated in a prospective randomised controlled study conducted in a tertiary care ENT department. After…

Multimodal Image Segmentation for Radiation Treatment Planning

Intermediate nerve schwannoma: A rare tumour

The intermediate nerve (IN), also called the nerve of Wrisberg, is a relatively small nerve with a variable anatomical course. Currently, this nerve is not addressed well in the pertinent literature. Pre-operative diagnosis of IN tumours is clinically challenging due to the lack of related symptoms. Symptoms are typically caused by the functional deterioration of neighbouring anatomical structures. In this report, we describe a patient with a schwannoma that arose at the porus acusticus of the internal auditory canal; during surgery, this proved to originate from the IN. We discuss our findings in the context of previously reported cases of IN schwannomas and analyse the vague characteristi…

Meningioma of the cerebellopontine angle mimicking benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

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Post-traumatic lipoma of the parotid gland: case report

The incidence of lipoma among parotid tumours ranges from 0.6% to 4.4%, with most series reporting an incidence of 1%. The most common origin of these tumours, in the parotid gland, is from the superficial lobe and, only rarely, from the deep lobe. Lipomas, upon clinical history, are found to be most frequently related to an episode of trauma. Computed Tomography scan and Magnetic Resonance Imaging can lead to a pre-operative diagnosis of lipoma. The case is described of lipoma of the superficial lobe of the parotid gland.

Evaluation of Platinum-based Therapy Response in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Aim: To evaluate the clinical value of PET imaging for an early prediction of tumor response to platinum-based therapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In order to avoid unnecessary toxicity of ineffective chemotherapy treatment, an early identification of NSCLC patients who benefit from this therapy is mandatory. Materials and methods: Seventeen patients are enrolled prospectively: 18F-FDG-PET examinations are carried out before treatment and after the first course. The lesions with the highest uptake in each patient are evaluated according to EORTC, PERCIST and RECIST classifications to discriminate between patients who respond (complete and partial response) from thos…