December 2010

Editorial Board
Published in issue: December 2010
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Original Papers

Middle ear and mastoid glomus tumors (glomus tympanicum): An algorithm for the surgical management
• Mario Sanna,
• Paolo Fois,
• Enrico Pasanisi,
• Alessandra Russo,
• Andrea Bacciu
Published in issue: December 2010
p661-668

Relationship between high-resolution computed tomography densitometry and audiometry in otosclerosis
• Mei-mei Zhu,
• Yan Sha,
• Pei-yun Zhuang,
• ...
• Jiang-hong Xu,
• Chen-mei Xu,
• Bing Chen
Published in issue: December 2010
p669-675
Myringosclerosis after tympanostomy tube insertion: Relation with tube retention time and gender
• Huseyin Yaman,
• Ender Guclu,
• Suleyman Yilmaz,
• Ozcan Ozturk
Published in issue: December 2010
p676-679

External auditory canal stenting utilizing a useful rolled, tapered silastic sheet (RTSS) post middle ear surgery
• Ryosei Minoda,
• Takashi Haruno,
• Toru Miwa,
• Yoshihiko Kumai,
• Tetsuji Sanuki,
• Eiji Yumoto
Published in issue: December 2010
p680-684

Characteristics of tinnitus with or without hearing loss: Clinical observations in Sicilian tinnitus patients
• Francesco Martines,
• Daniela Bentivegna,
• Enrico Martines,
• Vincenzo Sciacca,
• Gioacchino Martinciglio
Published in issue: December 2010
p685-693

Preliminary study of a challenge test to the patients with Japanese cedar pollinosis using an environmental exposure unit
• Kanako Ito,
• Tetsuya Terada,
• Ayumi Yuki,
• ...
• Kentaro Amano,
• Takeshi Ishiguro,
• Toshitami Ro
Published in issue: December 2010
p694-699

Expression and distribution of glucocorticoid receptor isoforms in eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis
• Kazumasa Takeda,
• Sachio Takeno,
• Katsuhiro Hirakawa,
• Takashi Ishino
Published in issue: December 2010
p700-707

Paranasal sinus mucoceles with visual disturbance
• Shinya Morita,
• Kenji Mizoguchi,
• Keiji Iizuka
Published in issue: December 2010
p708-712

A useful procedure for observing the cervical esophagus via the hypopharynx
• Hiromi Nagano,
• Kousuke Yoshifuku,
• Yuichi Kurono
Published in issue: December 2010
p713-719

Timing of tensor and levator veli palatini force application determines eustachian tube resistance patterns during the forced-response test
• Samir N. Ghadiali,
• E. David Bell,
• J. Douglas Swarts
Published in issue: December 2010
p720-729

Histological changes of rat soft palate with exposure to experimental laryngopharyngeal reflux
• Tulay Erden Habesoglu,
• Mehmet Habesoglu,
• Mehmet Sürmeli,
• ...
• Pempegul Gunes,
• Halil Tugtepe,
• Erol Egeli
Published in issue: December 2010
p730-736

Case reports

Cochlear implantation in a patient with atypical Cogan's syndrome complicated with hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis
• Sayaka Kawamura,
• Takashi Sakamoto,
• Akinori Kashio,
• ...
• Ken Ito,
• Mitsuya Suzuki,
• Tatsuya Yamasoba
Published in issue: December 2010
p737-741

A case of apogeotropic nystagmus with brainstem lesion: An implication for mechanism of central apogeotropic nystagmus
• Takao Imai,
• Arata Horii,
• Noriaki Takeda,
• Tadashi kitahara,
• Kayoko Higashi-Shingai,
• Hidenori Inohara
Published in issue: December 2010
p742-746

A rare case of pontomedullary infarction presenting with peripheral-type facial palsy
• Seong-Ki Ahn,
• Dong Gu Hur,
• Sea-Yuong Jeon,
• Jung Je Park,
• Hung-Soo Kang,
• Ki-Jong Park
Published in issue: December 2010
p747-749

Langerhans cell sarcoma of the cervical lymph node: A case report and literature review
• Masahiro Nakayama,
• Kuniaki Takahashi,
• Mitsuo Hori,
• ...
• Mitsunori Yamakawa,
• Keiji Tabuchi,
• Akira Hara
Published in issue: December 2010
p750-753