Congenital stapes footplate fixation associated with duplication of lobule.
We report the case of an 18-year-old male patient who presented to us with unilateral conductive hearing loss with duplication of the lobule. An exploratory tympanotomy revealed stapes footplate fixation. A stapedotomy with insertion of a Teflon piston was performed with improvement in his hearing. We believe this is the first reported case of such an abnormality.
Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated L N Hospital, New Delhi, India. dr_sethi@rediffmail.com
Ashwani
A
Sethi
Deepika
D
Sareen
Ravi
R
Meher
Piyush
P
Nath
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D004425:Ear Cartilage / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013199:Stapes / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013201:Stapes Surgery / Q000379:methods