Patulous Eustachian tube (PET), a practical overview [PDF]
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2019 Symptoms of patulous Eustachian tube (ET), particularly autophony, can overlap with other conditions, and can arise from a variety of causes. We review the pathophysiology of “speech hyper-resonance syndromes”, and possible mechanisms, including ...
Manohar Bance +2 more
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Effectiveness of stellate ganglion block for the treatment of patulous eustachian tube: A case report [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports, 2023 A 56‐year‐old woman presented with a 2 months history of patulous eustachian tube. She had sudden weight loss after developing a cold, after which she had been experiencing disabling autophony and a sensation of blockage in the ear.
Junko Akiyama +2 more
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Revisiting the Diagnostic Performance of the Modified Nine-Step Test for Obstructive and Patulous Eustachian Tube Dysfunction [PDF]
Diagnostics, 2022 The nine-step test is a classical method for evaluating Eustachian tube function. It directly assesses the patient’s capacity to equilibrate middle ear pressure by swallowing. However, there are insufficient studies to appraise its diagnostic performance.
Seong Hoon Bae +3 more
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Transient patulous eustachian tube in severe anorexia nervosa: A prospective observational study [PDF]
Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2022 Objectives To understand the presence of transient autophony symptoms in patients being treated for severe anorexia nervosa (AN), and whether those symptoms were due to patulous eustachian tube (PET).
Scott E. Mann +6 more
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Management of Patulous Eustachian Tube. [PDF]
JMA J, 2020 Patients with patulous Eustachian tubes (PET) suffer from annoying aural symptoms, such as voice or breath autophony, and aural fullness due to the ET's abnormal patency. It may lead to an enormous reduction in quality of life. Various treatment methods, including conservative and surgical therapy, have been reported.
Ikeda R +3 more
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Otitis media with effusion in adults with patulous Eustachian tube [PDF]
Journal of International Medical Research, 2020 Highlight 1. Patients with patulous Eustachian tube (PET) were older, had a shorter duration of disease, and were more likely to develop bilateral otitis media with effusion. 2.
Tao Fu +5 more
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Patulous Eustachian Tube Accompanied by Internal Carotid Artery Anomalies [PDF]
Turkish Archives of OtorhinolaryngologyPatulous Eustachian tube is a physical disorder in which the normally closed Eustachian tube remains open intermittently. Internal carotid artery (ICA) anomalies accompanied by Eustachian tube anomalies have been described very rarely in the literature ...
Mehmet Atalar +2 more
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Management of patulous Eustachian tube dysfunction following bariatric surgery: a case report [PDF]
Frontiers in SurgeryPatulous Eustachian Tube (PET) dysfunction is a rare condition characterized by an abnormally open Eustachian tube, leading to symptoms such as autophony, auditory fullness, and pulsatile tinnitus. This case report describes a 48-year-old female weighing
Amr Youssef Arkoubi
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Management of Acquired Cholesteatoma Associated With Patulous Eustachian Tube and Habitual Sniffing [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, 2019 Objectives To investigate the effect of surgical treatment with eustachian tube (ET) catheter insertion in patients with acquired cholesteatoma associated with patulous eustachian tube (PET) and habitual sniffing.
Sung-Won Choi +4 more
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Transmission of a novel sonotubometry acoustic click stimulus in healthy and patulous eustachian tube subjects: a retrospective case -control study [PDF]
Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2017 Background Eustachian tube (ET) dysfunction can be very difficult to diagnose accurately. Our aim is to determine whether a newly developed sonotubometric test using clicks can reliably detect ET opening during swallowing in normal ET subjects, and ...
Justin M. Pyne +5 more
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