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Familial Isolated Stapes-Pyramidal Fixation by a Bony Bar With Normal Stapedius Tendon
Tadashi Doi, MD;
Hiroko Nakazawa, MD;
Mari Adachi, MD;
Toshihiko Kaneko, MD;
Yumi Munemoto, MD;
Mototane Komeda, MD;
Hiroki Ikeda, MD;
Masanori Kitajiri, MD;
Toshio Yamashita, MD
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005;131:349-352.
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INTRODUCTION
In cases of isolated congenital stapes superstructure fixation, a bony bar between the stapes and the pyramidal eminence and a normal stapedius tendon is unusual.1 Hearing loss, however, rarely seems to occur as a result; to our knowledge, only 3 cases have been reported to date.2-3 Kinsella and Kerr3 reported 2 of these cases, in which removal of the bony bar resulted in normal hearing for 2 family members. We also report familial cases spanning 3 generations.
A patient was initially admitted to Kansai Medical University Hospital for stapes surgery. Normal movements of the malleus and incus were observed following tympanotomy, but because we thought that the footplate of the stapes was also fixed, we decided to remove the bony bar first and . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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CASE 1 CASE 2 CASE 3
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Author Affiliations: Department of Otolaryngology, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Japan.
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