title: [A contribution to Tornwaldt's disease (author's transl)].
abstract: The signs of Tornwaldt's disease, such as postnasal discharge, increase of mucous secretion, dysfunction of the eustachian tube, sometimes associated with middle-ear infection, are now rarely seen in comparison to the 19th century. In this article, we report about a sign of Tornwaldt's disease which had not been described up to now: A troublesome expiratory whistle. The resection of the bursal wall eliminated this sign. The short-term whistle as the only sign of Tornwaldt's disease, without histological signs of inflammation, underlines Tornwaldt's idea that inflammation is a secondary reaction of nasopharyngeal cysts.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000151:congenital; D003560:Cysts / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009302:Nasopharyngeal Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D009304:Nasopharyngitis / Q000151:congenital; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000151:congenital; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Ein Beitrag zur Tornwaldt-Krankheit.