[Diagnosis and treatment of a case of benign paroxysmal posture vertigo of the horizontal canal]. / Diagnóstico y tratamiento de un caso de vértigo posicional paroxístico benigno del canal horizontal.

Ahorizontal canal positional vertigo with apogeotropic and persistent directional changing nystagmus is reported. A new procedure consisting in cervical hiperflexion was used to determine the affected side in order to perform a particle repositioning manoeuvre.

Diagnóstico y tratamiento de un caso de vértigo posicional paroxístico benigno del canal horizontal / Diagnosis and treatment of a case of horizontal canal positional vertigo

Presentamos un caso de vértigo posicional paroxístico benigno (VPPB) del canal horizontal que presentaba un nistagmo ageotrópico de dirección cambiante, en el que empleamos una prueba diagnóstica consistente en la hiperflexión cervical que nos orientó sobre el lado en que realizar la maniobra de recolocación de partículas específica (AU)

A horizontal canal positional vertigo with apogeotropic and persistent directional changing nystagmus is reported. A new procedure consisting in cervical hiperflexion was used to determine the affected side in order to perform a particle repositioning manoeuvre (AU)

[Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the larynx]. / Histiocitoma fibroso maligno de laringe.

Clinical description of a case of FMH in a 77 years-old man, heavy smoker and diabetic. At the beginning its appearance mimic a small polyp of the middle third of the right vocal cord. The patient refused any treatment at first, but one year later, when seen again in the office, a mass covering-up the right hemilarynx was detected and a total laryngectomy was advised and done. In spite of the correctness of the follow-up in the next six months, the unhappy commit suicide.

Lepra nasal / Leprosy of the nose

Reporting a woman with an atypical case of lepromarous type, with a sole localization in the nose, dating from more than 10 years. The diagnosis was made by smear...