Persistence of the foramen of Huschke in the adult: an osteological study.
The foramen of Huschke, which appears during the embryological development of the tympanic bone, usually closes by the age of five years. A review of 377 dried skulls revealed that the foramen of Huschke was present in adult life in 7% of the skulls examined. A patent foramen of Huschke in the adult may, in rare cases, be the cause of temporomandibular joint herniation or fistulization through the anterior wall of the bony external canal.
Department of Otolaryngology, Hebei Medical College, Shijiazhuang, China.
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Wang
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Bingham
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Hawke
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Kwok
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Li
D000328:Adult; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D002508:Cephalometry; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008416:Mastoid / Q000473:pathology; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology*