Iranian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology

en The Relationship between Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocytes (TILs) and Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC):A Systematic Review Systematic Review Immunology, Nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes 191 200 https://ijorl.mums.ac.ir/article_18294.html Jethro Budiman jethrobudiman93@gmail.com 78636 Yes Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia. Awal Prasetyo awalpras@fk.undip.ac.id 78637 No Emergency Unit of Panti Wilasa Citarum Hospital, Semarang, Indonesia. Udadi Sadhana jethrobudiman@yahoo.co.id 78638 No Department of Anatomic Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University - dr. Kariadi Hospital, Semarang, Indonesia.

en Efficacy of Computed Tomography and Ultrasonography in Diagnosis of Metastatic Cervical Lymph Nodes in Orofacial Cancer Original Computed Tomography, Lymph node, Metastases, Orofacial, sensitivity, specificity, Ultrasonography 201 208 https://ijorl.mums.ac.ir/article_18334.html Uche Albert Okeke uchino4real@yahoo.com 78812 Yes Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. Olusegun Sunday Ajike mfujiks@gmail.com 78813 No Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ahmadu Bello University/ Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. Birch Dauda Saheeb dauda2000@yahoo.com 78814 No Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Benin/University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin-city, Edo State, Nigeria. Joseph Bako Igashi josephbakoigashi@yahoo.co.uk 78815 No Department of Radiology, Ahmadu Bello University/ Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria.

en The Efficacy of Bethesda System for Prediction of Thyroid Malignancies- A 9 Year Experience from a Tertiary Center Original Bethesda, Fine needle aspiration, malignancy risk, Thyroid nodule 209 215 https://ijorl.mums.ac.ir/article_18335.html Hamdan Ahmed Pasha pasha.hamdan@gmail.com 78817 No Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Jinnah Medical College Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. Ainulakbar Mughal ainul.akbar@aku.edu 78818 No Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. Muhammad Wasif wasif_siddiq313@yahoo.com 78816 Yes Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. Rahim Dhanani dr.rahimdhanani@gmail.com 78819 No Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. Syed Arish Haider arish.haider94@gmail.com 78820 No Department of Postgraduate Medical Training, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. Sayed Akbar Abbas akbar.abbas@aku.edu 78821 No Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.

en Necessity of Fine-Needle Aspiration in Probably Benign Sonographic Appearance of Thyroid Nodules Original FNA, Malignancy, Thyroid nodule, TI-RADS 217 222 https://ijorl.mums.ac.ir/article_18337.html Aida Sharifi Haddad sharifia941@mums.ac.ir 78826 No Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Behzad Aminzadeh aminzadehb@mums.ac.ir 78827 No Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Seyed Ali Alamdaran alamdarana@mums.ac.ir 78828 Yes Surgical Oncology Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Shokoufeh Bonakdaran bonakdaransh@mums.ac.ir 78829 No Department of Internal, Faculty of Medicine Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Amir Hossein Jafarian jafarianah@mums.ac.ir 78830 No Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Samira Rahemi rahemis@mums.ac.ir 78831 No Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Negar Morovatdar morovatdarn@mums.ac.ir 78832 No Clinical Research Units, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Ramesh Giti gitir@mums.ac.ir 78833 No Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

en Management of Ectopic Thyroid in Head and Neck: Study of 8 Cases Original Ectopic thyroid, thyroid scan, management 223 228 https://ijorl.mums.ac.ir/article_18317.html Kanhaiyalal Agrawal nucmed_kanhaiyalal@aiimsbhubaneswar.edu.in 78724 No Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. P Sai Sradha Patro drpsaisradha@gmail.com 78725 No Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Pradeep Pradhan padiapradhan@gmail.com 78726 Yes Department of Otorhinolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Pradipta Kumar Parida ent_pradipta@aiimsbhubaneswar.edu.in 78727 No Department of Otorhinolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

en Comparing the Therapy of Otomycosis Using Clotrimazole with Iodine Tincture: A Clinical Trial Original Antifungal agents, clotrimazole, Iodine tincture, Otomycosis, Mycosis 229 235 https://ijorl.mums.ac.ir/article_18336.html Mohammad Reza Mofatteh drmofatteh@yahoo.com 78822 No Department of Ears Nose and Throat, School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran. Mahboubeh Ahi Fersheh dr.mahboubehahi@gmail.com 78823 No Student Research Committee, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran. Fatemeh Nikoomanesh g.nikoomanesh@yahoo.com 78824 No Infectious Diseases Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran. Mohammad Hassan Namaei mhnamaei@gmail.com 78825 Yes Infectious Diseases Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.

en Endoscopic Sphenoid Sinus Anatomic Considerations: A Study on 60 Cadavers Original Endoscopic endonasal approach, Sphenoid sinus, pituitary gland, Skull base surgery 237 242 https://ijorl.mums.ac.ir/article_18318.html Maryam Safarian mariamsafarian@gmail.com 78730 No Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Mohammad Sadeghi sadeghih@tums.ac.ir 78729 No Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Babak Saedi saedi@tums.ac.ir 78728 Yes Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

en Melanotic Oncocytic Metaplasia of the Nasopharynx: An Unusual Case Report Case Report Metaplasia, Nasopharynx, Nasopharynx pathology, Rare diseases 243 247 https://ijorl.mums.ac.ir/article_18313.html Barbara Verro verrobarbara@gmail.com 78713 No Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostic, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Enzo Chianetta enzo.chianetta@gmail.com 78714 No Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostic, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Giuseppe Greco giuseppegreco1989@gmail.com 78715 No Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostic, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Carmelo Saraniti carmelo.saraniti@unipa.it 78716 Yes Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostic, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.

en A Throat that Clicks Case Report clicking, Hyoid, Larynx, Throat 249 251 https://ijorl.mums.ac.ir/article_18314.html Jeyasakthy Saniasiaya shakthy_18@yahoo.com 78717 Yes Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Tuanku Ja’afar, Jalan Rasah, 70300 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Kuganathan Ramasamy kuganathan.ram@gmail.com 78718 No Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Jalan Universiti, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

en Lobular Capillary Hemangioma of the External Jugular Vein: A Rare Case Report Case Report Hemangioma, Vascular Neoplasms, Granuloma, Pyogenic 253 255 https://ijorl.mums.ac.ir/article_18316.html Manuel Tucciarone tucciaronemanuel@hotmail.it 78719 Yes Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Madrid, SPAIN. Luz Lopez Florez luzlflorez@gmail.com 78720 No Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Madrid, SPAIN. Tomas Martinez Guirado tmartinezg@yahoo.es 78721 No Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Madrid, SPAIN. Rosalia Souviron Encabo liasouviron@yahoo.es 78722 No Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Madrid, SPAIN. Ricardo Gonzalez-Orus Alvarez-Morujo ricardomorujo@hotmail.com 78723 No Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Madrid, SPAIN.