We present a rare case where the introducer of a metal tracheostomy tube became lodged in the tracheobronchial tree. This may be the only reported case. The literature is reviewed to study the possible cause of tracheostomy tube component fracture and to suggest methods for preventing this complication.

After a short survey on the diagnostic work-up for acoustic neuroma, the authors underline the importance of magnetic resonance (MRI), enhanced by gadolinium, for otoneurological pathology. Through the presentation of a clinical case, the pros and cons for the routine application of MRI in suspect cerebellopontine angle (CPA) tumours in particular are reviewed. The possibility of false-positive MRI findings is discussed, although in this specific case a proper therapeutic approach was eventually carried out in order to resolve the associated Vllth nerve disturbance.

A case of nasal T-cell lymphoma in a Caucasian male is reported, in which the presence of Epstein-Barr virus within tumour cells was demonstrated by in situ hybridization to the Epstein-Barr virus encoded RNAs EBER-1 and EBER-2.