Papers by Annalisa Pianese
Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 2015
Background and objectives: Hearing impairment (HI) has been previously demonstrated in patients w... more Background and objectives: Hearing impairment (HI) has been previously demonstrated in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA) gives no information about patients' ability to hear and understand speech. To find out hearing ability and speech discrimination of PD patients, we expanded audiological evaluation by means of speech audiometry (SA). Patients and methods: We screened a series of consecutive PD patients. Severity of motor symptoms and staging were measured by the UPDRS-III and the H&Y scales. Audiometric evaluation consisted of a standardized audiological examination, PTA and SA. Healthy age-and sex-matched subjects were selected as controls. Results: 45 PD patients and 45 healthy controls were enrolled. PTA confirmed our previous finding of high-frequency HI in PD patients. The mean values for the Speech Recognition Threshold were higher in PD patients as compared with controls. PD patients were more likely to have impaired speech discrimination profiles and higher disease stages. Neither the patients nor the controls showed a significant speech-tone dissociation and rollover phenomenon. Conclusion: Our results confirmed sensorineural HI in PD patients. Moreover, SA showed impaired speech discrimination abilities in PD patients as compared with control group thus expanding the audiologic findings of PD.
Oncology Letters, 2015
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Advances in Microbiology, 2014
Advances in Microbiology, 2014
ABSTRACT Malignant external otitis is a severe infection of the external auditoy canal, character... more ABSTRACT Malignant external otitis is a severe infection of the external auditoy canal, characterized by high gravity and mortality. It can arrive to skull base and originate intracranial complications. The most frequent pathogenic agent is Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Authors described two cases of ex-ternal malignant otitis caused by Staphylococcus aureus, explaining clinical features, progression, diagnostic and therapeutic approach, prognosis of this disease. A comparison between Pseudo-monas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus malignant otitis was described, associated with a li-terature analysis.
International Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2014
Solitary intraparotid facial nerve plexiform neurofibromas are extremely rare. These tumors arise... more Solitary intraparotid facial nerve plexiform neurofibromas are extremely rare. These tumors arise from Schwann cells. The plexiform variant is recognized by tortuous and multinodular gross and microscopic lesions. It has a high risk of malignant transformation. We report a case of a solitary plexiform neurofibroma in a 5-year-old Italian male, who initially presented a right parotid mass of four-month duration. He had not pain, trismus, facial weakness or previous trauma. There was not familiar history of Von Recklinghausen's disease. TC and MRI scans revealed a mass in the superficial lobe of the parotid gland. A partial parotidectomy was performed. Histopatological examination indicated plexiform neurofibroma. The incidence, presentation, diagnosis and surgical treatment of this lesion are discussed. In our case, the tumor could be readily separated from the main trunk, and facial movement was completely preserved owing to the rich neural network around the mass.
Anti-Infective Agents, 2014
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