Iatrogenic oculocardiac reflex in a patient with head injury.

A 16-year-old girl with a history of a recent fall from the third floor was transferred to the emergency room. On presentation, the patient, who had sustained multiple facial fractures, was in clinical shock with a blood pressure 80/40 mm Hg, heart rate 130/min, tachypnea (>30/min), Po2 50 mm Hg, and So2 82%, and she was intubated for airway protection. Severe nasal hemorrhage was detected (hematocrit: 22%), therefore a bilateral anteroposterior balloon nasal catheter was inserted and inflated with air.

Severe odontogenic infections: causes of spread and their management.

Background: We conducted a study designed to investigate the clinical factors correlated with the spread of an odontogenic infection to the deep spaces of the head and neck. We also analyzed the treatment modalities for this and their outcomes.

Methods: The study retrospectively examined all patients admitted in 2009 and 2010 to the General Hospital of Attica "KAT" with maxillofacial infections of odontogenic origin.

A bizarre cause of extensive oronasal fistula.

Oronasal fistula is defined as an abnormal duct, connecting the nasal with the oral cavity. We present an extremely rare case of oronasal fistula associated with rhinolithiasis. The particular case presents the unique feature of a palatal defect, being large enough to enable the in toto removal of the rhinolith.

An epidemiologic analysis of 1,142 maxillofacial fractures and concomitant injuries.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence and etiology of maxillofacial fractures in the Greek population over the past 5 years. A comparison of findings with 2 earlier studies from the same department was also performed.

Study Design: Seven hundred twenty-seven patients treated for a total of 1,142 facial fractures in the period from 2005 to 2009 were included in a retrospective, clinical, and epidemiologic study.

Acute osteomyelitis of the mandible caused by Rhodococcus equi in an immunocompromised patient: a case report and literature review.

We present the first case of acute osteomyelitis of the mandible caused by Rhodococcus equi in an immunocompromised patient. A 53-year-old Caucasian man was referred to the outpatient clinic, because of a swelling of the left submental and submandibular spaces. The patient was immunocompromised owing to medication against myasthenia gravis and type II diabetes mellitus.

Combined craniofacial approach for the removal of a large trigeminal schwannoma invading the infratemporal fossa.

Background: Trigeminal schwannomas are rare tumours accounting for 0.07-0.36% of all intracranial tumours and 0.

Malignant pilomatricoma in a child with a previous vascular malformation.

Malignant pilomatricoma or pilomatric carcinoma, the malignant counterpart of pilomatricoma, is a rare, low-grade malignant lesion that usually arises from a pilomatricoma and is usually found in elderly men. We report a case of malignant pilomatricoma in an 8-year-old girl.

Fractures of the mandibular condyle: a review of 466 cases. Literature review, reflections on treatment and proposals.

Introduction: The incidence of condylar fractures is high. Condylar fractures can be extracapsular (condylar neck or subcondylar) or intracapsular, undisplaced, deviated, displaced or dislocated. Treatment depends on the age of the patient, the co-existence of other mandibular or maxillary fractures, whether the condylar fracture is unilateral or bilateral, the level and displacement of the fracture, the state of dentition and the dental occlusion, and the surgeon's experience.

Orbital abscess: visual loss following extraction of a tooth--case report.

Objective: It is the purpose of this article to alert the general practitioner to the severe consequences that may result from a tooth extraction, including the loss of vision, despite the use of antibiotics.

Conclusions: Early and aggressive treatment is critical in obstructing the spread of infection toward the orbits, the eyes, and eventually the brain.

Plate osteosynthesis of condylar fractures: a retrospective study of 45 patients.

Objective: This retrospective study presents the type of osteosynthesis used for the fixation of condylar fractures and the postoperative results and complications observed.

Method And Materials: Forty-five patients with fractures of the mandibular condyle underwent open reduction and osteosynthesis with plates and screws. The surgical approach was, in most cases, via a submandibular incision.