Volumetric Changes in the Bony External Auditory Canal in Unilateral Chronic Otitis Media
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Volumetric Changes in the Bony External Auditory Canal in Unilateral Chronic Otitis Media
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Pneumatization of air cells in the mastoid bone is decreased in chronic otitis media (COM). A decrease in the size of the external auditory canal (EAC) is also found frequently in patients with COM, but this has been little studied. We compared the size of affected bony EACs and the contralateral side in patients with single-side COM using high-resolution computed tomo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Audiology & Otology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2384-1621,2384-1710
DOI: 10.7874/jao.2016.20.1.41