title: Conductive hearing loss with normal tympanic membrane: fibrous change of long process of the incus.
abstract: This is a case of conductive hearing loss with the normal tympanic membrane due to fibrosis caused by potential inflammation of the long process of the incus. High resolution CT was a useful tool for the detection of ossicular disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwanaga
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007188:Incus; D010031:Otitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed