title: Malleus bar as a rare cause of congenital malleus fixation: CT demonstration.
abstract: Among congenital ossicular anomalies without external ear atresia, malleus fixation is least common. We report a case of congenital malleus fixation by a bony bar connecting the malleus neck to the posterior tympanic wall, which was depicted on thin-section CT scans.
authors.affiliation: Department Radiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki-ken, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kurosaki
authors.forename: Y O
authors.initials: YO
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Itai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000209:etiology; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008307:Malleus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed