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Combined transmastoid/middle fossa approach for a petrous bone cholesteatoma: A case report and literature review

open access: yesActa Oto-Laryngologica Case Reports, 2021
We report the case of a 14-year-old girl with petrous bone cholesteatoma resected through a combined approach from the middle cranial fossa and mastoid process.
Kiyotaka Miyazato   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neurotrophic keratitis in a patient with disseminated lymphangiomatosis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
INTRODUCTION: Neurotrophic keratitis, a degenerative corneal disease caused by trigeminal nerve impairment, has many etiologies and remains very difficult to treat.
Charukamnoetkanok, Puwat   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Case Report: Extensive Temporal Bone Invasion in a Giant Vestibular Schwannoma

open access: yesFrontiers in Surgery, 2022
BackgroundRare giant vestibular schwannomas (GVSs) invade the temporal bone extensively, which carries unique risks for surgery owing to their complicated relationship with adjacent structures, difficult dissection of the temporal bone, and high risk of ...
Fang Lyu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intracranial fusarium fungal abscess in an immunocompetent patient: case report and review of the literature. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Introduction Fusarium spp is an omnipresent fungal species that may lead to fatal infections in immunocompromised populations. Spontaneous intracranial infection by Fusarium spp in immunocompetent individuals is exceedingly rare.
Cadden, Joseph   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Translabyrinthine Petrous Apex Cholesteatoma Surgery with Hearing Preservation

open access: yesCase Reports in Otolaryngology, 2021
Objective. To introduce a novel surgical approach to petrous apex lesion (PA) with superior semicircular canal plugging for hearing preservation. Patient. A 63-year-old patient presented with a recurrent cholesteatoma of the left petrous apex.
Holger Sudhoff   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trigeminal nerve and pathologies in magnetic resonance imaging : a pictorial review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
A variety of conditions may affect the trigeminal nerve. Magnetic resonance imaging is the modality of choice when trigeminal nerve pathology is suspected, and this modality plays an essential role in detecting causes. This review illustrates some of the
Akgoz, Ayca   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Hearing and Facial Function After Surgical Removal of Cholesteatomas Involving Petrous Bone [PDF]

open access: yesClinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, 2014
ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to inspect the clinical characteristics, surgical approaches, functional preservation, and complications of petrous bone cholesteatoma and to propose appropriate surgical approaches based on long-term follow-up ...
Min Joo Kim   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modified classification of infralabyrinthie cholesteatoma and scale of cholesteatoma extention

open access: yesМедицинский совет, 2020
Introduction. Petrous temporal bone (PTB) cholesteatoma is an epidermal cyst, which is the result of uncontrolled growth of keratinizing squamous epithelium in the petrous part of the temporal bone.
K. M. Diab   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The morphology of the oval window in Paranthropus robustus compared to humans and other modern primates

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The oval window (OW) is an opening connecting the inner and middle ear. Its area has been shown to consistently scale with body mass (BM) in primates, and has been used alongside semi‐circular canal (SCC) size to differentiate Homo sapiens and fossil hominins, including Paranthropus robustus.
Ruy Fernandez, José Braga
wiley   +1 more source

Useful residual hearing despite radiological findings suggestive of anacusis [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
A severe malformation of the inner ear, often referred to as severe labyrinthine dysplasia or common cavity deformity, consists of an absent or dilated cochlear basal coil, wide communication with the vestibule and a tapered internal acoustic meatus and ...
Bamiou, DE, Mahoney, CO, Sirimanna, T
core   +1 more source

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