title: [Displacement of a stapes piston as a consequence of whiplash injury with head impact].
abstract: We report the case of a 60 year old patient suffering from a displacement of her stapes piston after a rear-end collision with whiplash injury. Immediately after the accident she complained hearing loss and tinnitus. During the following days, the patient developed vertigo with lateropulsion. Diagnostic tympanoscopy showed a piston dislocation with migration into the vestibulum as a result of the blunt head trauma.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenheilkunde des Unfallkrankenhauses Berlin. Vanessa.Traeger@ukb.de
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Träger
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Seidl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ernst
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009998:Ossicular Prosthesis; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D013199:Stapes / Q000293:injuries*; D014911:Whiplash Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*