Salivary otorrhoea: a case report and a review of the literature.
This report presents an unusual case of spontaneous salivary otorrhoea in which advanced imaging was used to identify a developmental defect in the anterior wall of the bony external auditory meatus. This defect, the so-called foramen of Huschke, was subsequently found to be the source of the fistula. A review of the literature highlights the diagnostic dilemmas that such cases pose for the clinician.
Rushton
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VE
School of Dentistry, The University of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester M15 6FH, UK. vivian.e.rushton@manchester.ac.uk
Pemberton
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MN
D004424:Ear Canal / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012467:Salivary Gland Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012793:Sialadenitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012796:Sialography