title: Unusual case of bilateral conductive deafness.
abstract: A 30-year-old female presented with a ten-year history of bilateral conductive deafness. A pre-operative diagnosis of otosclerosis was made but at tympanotomy, the stapes crura in each ear was found to be disconnected from the footplate, the ossicular chain being otherwise normal. A Teflon-wire prosthesis was used to join incus and footplate, with good results. In the absence of a history of trauma or sepsis this may be a late presentation of a congenital stapedial anomaly which has not previously been reported.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Hoare
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Aldren
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Bull
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004429:Ear Ossicles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000209:etiology*; D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007188:Incus / Q000601:surgery; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013199:Stapes / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013201:Stapes Surgery
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene