Eustachian tube foreign body undetected for 30 years: case report.
This case report describes the unexpected finding of a eustachian tube prosthesis placed 30 years earlier, after the patient had experienced years of chronic rhinorrhea.
Filsoof
David M
DM
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary and the New York Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
Park
Steven Y
SY
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D005064:Eustachian Tube / Q000601:surgery*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009812:Odorants; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019933:Ossicular Replacement; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D018058:Tympanic Membrane Perforation / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014433:Tympanoplasty
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015242:Ofloxacin