Marie Alnæs

06.01.2020: Kikuchi's disease is characterised by swollen lymph glands in the neck plus fever. Here we describe the first case to be reported in Norway. A 30-year-old patient had multiple swollen lymph glands on the left side of her neck. She also reported night sweats and a reduced general condition. The...

18.11.2019: An impaired olfactory sense may have a number of different causes. If anosmia is accompanied by absence of pubertal development, Kallman syndrome should be suspected. The diagnosis is made by means of MRI of the head, as the olfactory sulcus and bulb are bilaterally absent in these patients. In this...

16.05.2019: Radiofrequency turbinoplasty is a well-established technique for treating nasal obstruction caused by inferior turbinate hyperplasia. It should preferably be used after medical treatment has been attempted. We describe two patients who developed osteomyelitis after radiofrequency turbinoplasty...

30.03.2017: A girl of primary school age was hospitalised with a suspected acute soft tissue infection in the left side of her face. She had been generally healthy previously. Upon admission, swelling, pain on palpation, and redness of the skin in the left parotid region and around the left eye were found. An...

27.05.2014: An incidental finding on a CT thorax revealed a tumour in the floor of the mouth of a woman in her 80s. Because of the patient’s anatomy, the CT thorax had been taken at a higher section than normal. The patient was referred to the Ear, Nose and Throat Department for assessment. A CT neck scan using...