Does Sphenoid Pneumatization Affect the Angle of the Eustachian Tube?

Eustachian tube lumen opening into an abnormally pneumatized sphenoid bone.

Morphological abnormalities of left temporal and sphenoid bone were discovered in a 17-year-old boy during a post-traumatic cranial CT scan examination. The patient had not suffered from audiological disorders previously. He did not complain of hearing loss, vertigo or autophony. Further clinical investigations were normal including micro-otoscopy and nasopharyngeal endoscopy. The Valsalva mane...

Update on eustachian tube dysfunction and the patulous eustachian tube.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose of this review is to summarize the recent knowledge on eustachian tube dysfunction and the patulous eustachian tube. RECENT FINDINGS A clinically useful test for eustachian tube function is still lacking. Narrowing of the isthmus alone was demonstrated to be an insufficient cause of otitis media. Inflammatory mediators identified within the eustachian tube and mi...

Dermoid of the eustachian tube.

Variations of sphenoid pneumatization: a CBCT study

Corresponding author: Prof. Dr. Hab. M.C. Rusu, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8 Bd. Eroilor Sanitari, RO-050474, Bucharest, Romania; Phone: +40722363705; Fax: +40213212284; e-mail: [email protected] Catalina Craiu, Mihai Sandulescu, Mugurel Constantin Rusu Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania Variations of sph...

Do the angle and length of the eustachian tube influence the development of chronic otitis media?

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To compare the eustachian tube (ET) angle (ETa) and length (ETl) of ears with and without chronic otitis media (COM), and to determine the relationship between ET anatomy and the development of COM. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective case-control study. METHODS The study group comprised 125 patients (age range, 8-79 years; 64 males and 61 females) with 124 normal ears and 12...