title: The patulous eustachian tube complicated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a video clip demonstration.
abstract: We report a 60-year-old case diagnosed as the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with patulous eustachian tube (ET). To our knowledge, this is the first case report of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis complicating patulous ET in the literature, demonstrating the movement of the tympanic membrane, the pharyngeal orifice of the ET and abnormal movement of the uvula because of paralysis of the soft palate on video.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Japan. ktakasa@nagasaki-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takasaki
authors.forename: Hidetaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kumagami
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Umeki
authors.forename: Kaori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Enatsu
authors.forename: Haruo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000690:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005064:Eustachian Tube; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014741:Video Recording