Internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm after tonsillectomy treated by endovascular approach - A case report

Surgery on the head and neck region may be complicated by vascular trauma, caused by direct injury on the vascular wall. Lesions of the arteries are more dangerous than the venous one. The traumatic lesion may cause laceration of the artery wall, spasm, dissection, arteriovenous fistula, occlusion or pseudoaneurysm.We present a case of a child with a giant ICA pseudoaneurysm after tonsillectomy, manifested by pulsing mass and respiratory distress, which was treated by endovascular approach, occluding the lesion and the proximal artery with Histoacryl. We reinforce that the endovascular approach is the better way to treat most of the traumatic vascular lesions.

Internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm after tonsillectomy treated by endovascular approach. A case report

Surgery on the head and neck region may be complicated by vascular trauma, caused by direct injury on the vascular wall. Lesions of the arteries are more dangerous than the venous one. The traumatic lesion may cause laceration of the artery wall, spasm, dissection, arteriovenous fistula, occlusion or pseudoaneurysm. We present a case of a child with a giant ICA pseudoaneurysm after tonsillectomy, manifested by pulsing mass and respiratory distress, which was treated by endovascular approach, occluding the lesion and the proximal artery with Histoacryl. We reinforce that the endovascular approach is the better way to treat most of the traumatic vascular lesions.

Faringotonsilites em crianças: visão de uma amostra de pediatras e otorrinolaringologistas

As faringotonsilites agudas são infecções das vias aéreas superiores comuns na infância. OBJETIVO: Analisar opiniões e condutas de pediatras e otorrinolaringologistas do Estado de São Paulo em relação ao diagnóstico, tratamento e prevenção das faringotonsilites e suas complicações em crianças. MATERIAL E MÉTODOS: Selecionamos aleatoriamente 1370 pediatras e 1000 otorrinolaringologistas do Estado de São Paulo. Aos especialistas foi enviado questionário por correio. DESENHO do ESTUDO: Estudo transversal. RESULTADOS: 95,8% dos pediatras e 91,5% dos otorrinos não solicitam rotineiramente exames para diagnóstico laboratorial das faringotonsilites agudas na criança. Os antimicrobianos mais prescritos pelos pediatras nas faringotonsilites bacterianas foram: penicilina por via oral durante 10 dias (33,6%) e penicilina benzatina em dose única (19,7%). Os antimicrobianos mais prescritos pelos otorrinos para tratamento foram: penicilina por via oral durante 10 dias (35,4%) e penicilina por via oral durante 7 dias (25,7%). A medida de prevenção das faringotonsilites bacterianas considerada muito eficaz por mais da metade dos pediatras e otorrinos foi a cirurgia de tonsilectomia. A faringotonsilite de repetição foi o principal motivo para os otorrinos indicarem cirurgia de tonsilectomia aos escolares e adolescentes (49,3% e 53,4%, respectivamente). CONCLUSÕES: É necessário uniformizar condutas de pediatras e otorrinos para diagnóstico e tratamento das faringotonsilites em crianças.

Distúrbio de hiperatividade e déficit de atenção na síndrome de apnéia obstrutuiva do sono: Há melhora com tratamento cirúrgico?

Neuropsychological disorders are frequently associated with obstructive ventilatory disorders (OVD). Aim: To analyze the incidence of neuropsychological disorders in Brazilian children with OVD, using a screening questionnaire and to compare the answers given before and after surgery. Patients and Methods: We studied 30 children with clinical diagnosis of OVD. The children were divided into 3 groups: group I, children aged 4 to 7; group II, from 8 to 10; and group III, children over 11. The applied questionnaires were answered by the parents or tutors, and comprised 30 questions, 10 for each disorder: attention deficit, hyperactivity and impulsivity. The children were diagnosed with one of the disorders when presented 3 or more positive answers. The follow up interview occurred 6 months after adenotonsillectomy. Results: There was a predominance of male gender (60.6%) over female gender (39.4%). Group II presented the highest number of significant changes, with reductions raging from 87.5% to 33.3% of patients with attention deficit, 75% to 50% of the hyperactive patients, and 50% to 33% of the impulsive patients. Conclusion: There was neuropsychological improvement after the surgery, which occurred mainly in the children from group II. More interaction among health professionals is necessary when diagnosing and following up similar cases.

Changes in facial morphology after adenotonsillectomy in mouth-breathing children

Background. Morphological and dentofacial alterations have been attributed to impaired respiratory function. Objective. To examine the influence of mouth breathing (MB) on children facial morphology before and after adenoidectomy or adenotonsillectomy. Methods. Thirty-three MB children who restored nasal breathing (NB) after surgery and 22 NB children were evaluated. Both groups were submitted to lateral cephalometry, at time 1 (T1) before and at time 2 (T2) 28months on average postoperatively. Results. Comparison between the MB and NB groups at T1 showed that mouth breathers had higher inclination of the mandibular plane; more obtuse gonial angle; dolichofacial morphology; and a decrease in the total and inferior posterior facial heights. Twenty-eight months after the MB surgical intervention, they still presented a dolichofacial morphologic pattern. During this period, MB altered the face growth direction and decreased their mandible plane inclination, with reduction in the SN.GoGn, PP.MP, SNGn, and ArGo.GoMe parameters as well as an increase in BaN.PtGn. Conclusion. After the MB rehabilitation, children between 3 and 6years old presented significant normalization in the mandibular growth direction, a decrease in the mandible inclination, and an increase in the posterior facial height. Instead, they still persisted with a dolichofacial pattern when compared with nasal breathers. © 2011 The Authors. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry © 2011 BSPD, IAPD and Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Estudo das lesões laríngeas e do grau de disfonia em pacientes com paracoccidioidomicose

Pós-graduação em Doenças Tropicais - FMB

Avaliação cardíaca em crianças com distúrbios respiratórios obstrutivos, antes e pós adenotonsilectomia

Pós-graduação em Bases Gerais da Cirurgia - FMB

Ocorrência da agitação no despertar em crianças anestesiadas com isoflurano ou sevoflurano: influência do tratamento com a dexmedetomidina

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Diretrizes de conduta e tratamento de síndromes febris periódicas: síndrome de febre periódica, estomatite aftosa, faringite e adenite

To establish guidelines based on scientific evidence for the management of periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome. The Guideline was prepared from 5 clinical questions that were structured through PICO (Patient, Intervention or indicator, Comparison and Outcome), to search in key primary scientific information databases. After defining the potential studies to support the recommendations, these were graduated considering their strength of evidence and grade of recommendation. 806 articles were retrieved and evaluated by title and abstract; from these, 32 articles were selected to support the recommendations. 1. PFAPA is a diagnosis of exclusion established on clinical grounds, and one must suspect of this problem in children with recurrent and periodic febrile episodes of unknown origin, or with recurrent tonsillitis interspersed with asymptomatic periods, especially in children in good general condition and with preservation of weight and height development; 2. Laboratory findings are nonspecific. Additional tests do not reveal pathognomonic changes; 3. The evidence supporting an indication for surgical treatment (tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy), is based on two non-blinded randomized clinical trials with small numbers of patients; 4. The use of prednisone at the onset of fever in patients with PFAPA proved to be an effective strategy. There is still need for more qualified evidence to support its use in patients with PFAPA; 5. Despite promising results obtained in studies with IL-1ß inhibitors, such studies are limited to a few case reports.