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.
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary and the New York Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
David M
DM
Filsoof
Steven Y
SY
Park
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