Beruflich Dokumente
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REVIEWED BY:
ADRIAN PRASETYA SUDJONO
Introduction
1. Otoscope:
Bony structure and blood clot in right auditory canal
2. CT Scan:
Longitudinal fracture of right temporal bone that
transversed the mastoid cavity, middle ear, and
pestrous apex
Left frontotempoparietal hematoma
Left frontoremporal contusion
Longitudinal fracture of
the right temporal bone
with disruption of the
ossicular chain
Normal CT-Scan
The ossicular chain of the right ear was disrupted,
and an incus-like bony image was seen in the
external auditory canal along with the blood clot
Neurosurgical intervention in the form of a
craniotomy with evacuation of the subdural
hematoma was done.
Postoperative examination
After 1 month
Persistent hearing loss in right ear
Otoscopy:
The incus, with all its processes intact, was attached to
the posterosuperior portion of the external canal The
long process was projecting laterally, and there was
normal epithelium cover in continuity with the
adjacent canal skin
Audiometry: Hearing loss of 50 dB on right side
Intact incus fixed in
the posterosuperior
portion of the
external auditory
canal, tympanic
membrane is intact
and normal medially
Discussion