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Prognosis and outcomes of pneumolabyrinth following an oticcapsule violating fracture : a case report
Joint Authors
al-Ajami, Nurah
Arafat, Abd Allah
al-Uqayli, Yazid
Source
Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences
Issue
Vol. 20, Issue 1 (31 Mar. 2019), pp.31-34, 4 p.
Publisher
Egyptian Society of Ear Nose Throat and Allied Science
Publication Date
2019-03-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Background: Pneumolabyrinth consequent to a temporal bone fracture is a rare entity.
It occurs when air enters the vestibulocochlear system due to a pathological communication between the middle and the inner ears.
The diagnosis is usually confirmed radiologically using high-resolution computed tomography imaging.
Pneumolabyrinth is categorized radiologically as follows: vestibular pneumolabyrinth, cochlear pneumolabyrinth and combined pneumolabyrinth.
Case Presentation: We herein describe the clinical presentation and management of pneumolabyrinth in a 43-year-old man, following an otic capsule-violating temporal bone fracture.
After initially caring for the patient conservatively, without improvement, surgical intervention was undertaken.
Unfortunately, hearing was irrecoverable.
Conclusion: Delaying medical and surgical intervention and the location of the air bubbles associated with the combined type contribute to the irrecoverable loss of hearing.
As otic capsule-violating fractures might not be observed initially on brain CT scans, high-resolution and thin-slice CT scans of the temporal bone is crucial when suspecting temporal bone fracture.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Ajami, Nurah& Arafat, Abd Allah& al-Uqayli, Yazid. 2019. Prognosis and outcomes of pneumolabyrinth following an oticcapsule violating fracture : a case report. Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences،Vol. 20, no. 1, pp.31-34.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-892174
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Ajami, Nurah…[et al.]. Prognosis and outcomes of pneumolabyrinth following an oticcapsule violating fracture : a case report. Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences Vol. 20, no. 1 (2019), pp.31-34.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-892174
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Ajami, Nurah& Arafat, Abd Allah& al-Uqayli, Yazid. Prognosis and outcomes of pneumolabyrinth following an oticcapsule violating fracture : a case report. Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences. 2019. Vol. 20, no. 1, pp.31-34.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-892174
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 34
Record ID
BIM-892174