Pneumolabyrinth following traumatic luxation of the stapes into the vestibule.
Pneumolabyrinth can result from traumatic luxation of stapes into the vestibule. The diagnosis of stapes luxation following a head injury can be delayed especially if the otoscopic examination is within normal limits. Here a 15-year-old girl presenting with vertigo and nystagmus following a blunt head injury was presented, whose computerized tomography revealed air in the vestibule and cochlea (pneumolabyrinth) and stapes was found to be luxated into the vestibule.
Sarac
Sarp
S
Department of Otolaryngology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, 06100 Samanpazari, Ankara, Turkey. ssarac@hacettepe.edu.tr
Cengel
Senem
S
Sennaroglu
Levent
L
D000293:Adolescent; D003051:Cochlea / Q000473:pathology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007759:Labyrinth Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D009759:Nystagmus, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D013199:Stapes / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014717:Vertigo / Q000209:etiology; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000473:pathology*