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- Title
Abnormally wide eustachian tubes involving the sphenoid bone: A collection.
- Authors
Falkenberg‐Jensen, Benedicte; Heimdal, Ketil R.; Høgevold, Hans Erik; Jablonski, Greg E.; Due‐Tønnessen, Bernt J.; Hopp, Einar
- Abstract
Objectives: To present nine patients with an abnormal widened bony Eustachian tube running anteriorly in the skull base through the sphenoid bone. Methods: Patients with a particular anomaly in the bony Eustachian tube incidentally found on CT examinations were registered consecutively over a period of four years. Results: Nine patients had the anomaly, eight unilaterally and one bilaterally. All our patients had additional anomalies involving the outer, middle, and/or inner ear. Conclusion: The consequences of this anomaly remain unknown, but the presence of the widened, bony ET should increase the awareness for complex temporal bone deformities and vice versa. Level of Evidence: 4.
- Subjects
EUSTACHIAN tube; SPHENOID bone; SKULL base; COMPUTED tomography; DEAFNESS; DISEASES
- Publication
Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2018, Vol 3, Issue 3, p214
- ISSN
2378-8038
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1002/lio2.158