title: Vertically oriented internal auditory canal in an 8-year-old with hearing loss.
abstract: To report a unique orientation of the internal auditory canal and possible association with congenital hearing loss. Retrospective chart review of an 8-year-old Hispanic male with a mixed hearing loss. Uniquely abnormal orientation of the internal auditory canal in a patient with apparently normal cochleovestibular structures and a mixed hearing loss. A vertically oriented IAC is a rarely described anatomical anomaly of the temporal bone that may have associations with congenital hearing loss.
authors.affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, USA.
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Artz
authors.forename: Vijay M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
mesh_terms: D001299:Audiometry; D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D046089:Hearing Loss, Mixed Conductive-Sensorineural / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008876:Middle Ear Ventilation; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed