Biography
Paulo Mangabeira Albernaz, Brazilian otorrhinolaringologist (Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul 25 January 1896 – Campinas, São Paulo State 23 April 1982)
ACHIEVEMENTS
Authored over 500 medical and non-medical works
Conceived a new method of corrosive paste applications for palatine amygdalae ablation (1921)
Employed bismuth salts for Plaut-Vincent angina and tropical ulcer. This approach attracted international interest
O bismuto na angina de Vincent. J. Clinicos 23, 1922
Tratamento simples e practico da úlcera tropical. J. Clinicos 9, 1923
Described the diffuse leishmaniotic polyp of nasal septum or Mangabeira-Albernaz polyp (1924)
Albernaz maneuver
Cephalic nystagmus of position. Rev. Oto-Neuro-Oftal. 6:489-96, 1931
Possibly first reported a maxillary sinusitis of dental etiology
Etiologia dentaria da sinusite maxilar na criança. Clinica Oto-rino-laringologica (Estudos e Observações) p.334, 1933
Described the leishmaniotic rhinophyma (1934)
Novas ideias acerca da patogenia e da terapêutica do rinofima. Anais Otorrinol. 1(1), 1935
Presented a new incidence for radiographic study of ethmoid being a variant of axial incidence
Extra-capsullar tonsillectomy: standardization of technique. Rev. Bras. Otorrinolaringol. 22 (2): 152-63, 1954
Eponym of Mangabeira Albernaz anesthesic solution
His son, Pedro Luiz Mangabeira Albernaz, otorrhinolaryngologist (Campinas, São Paulo State 06 June 1932-
Authored over 600 works and 16 books
With Y. Fukuda first to describe association between the carbohydrate metabolism disturbances and balance alterations
DEVELOPED
New semiological methods
A simplified surgical technique for investigate globus pallidus area
An endolymphatic subarachnoid derivation (1967)
A technique of neurootological examination (with Ganança) in 1977
PATENT
With R.F. Bento & S.P. Penteado. Dispositivo eletrônico e digital para cancelamento ativo de ruídos para substituir cabines audiométricas dos exames de audiometria e afins PI1002508-1 A2 (2010)
HONOURS
Honorary Fellow, American Otological Society (1993)
