The relations of the mastoid segment of the facial canal to surrounding structures in congenital middle ear malformations.
The authors investigated the relations between the mastoid segment of the facial canal and the temporomandibular joint, the posterior wall of the cavum tympani and the external wall of the mastoid process in 19 cases with congenital ear malformations and 10 cases with normal ears. A significantly reduced distance was found between the facial canal and the temporomandibular joint as well as between the facial canal and the posterior wall of the cavum tympani in the groups with malformed ears as compared to the control group with normal ears.
Savić
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Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology, University Clinical Center, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
Jasović
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Djerić
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D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005154:Facial Nerve; D006801:Humans; D008416:Mastoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods