[Silicone as a foreign body in the middle ear: a rare complication after taking an impression of the auditory canal].
For the individual design of ear moulds, silicone is generally used for taking the impression of the external meatus and the cavum conchae. Complications are rare with only a few accounts in the literature. We report on three cases of accidental displacement of silicone into the middle ear cavity during impression taking. Clinical symptoms and detection of silicone as a rare middle ear foreign body are presented and discussed.
Schwaab
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Klinik für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie der Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Lautermann
J
J
Schimanski
G
G
Sudhoff
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