Tegmen Tympani Defect and Brain Herniation Secondary to Mastoid Surgery: Case Presentation

Brain herniation into the middle ear is very rarely seen. In addition to reasons like congenital factors, trauma, and infection, tegmen defect may develop as a result of iatrogenic events secondary to chronic otitis media surgery with or without cholesteatoma. Since it may cause life-threatening com...

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Main Authors: Oguz Kadir Egilmez, Fatih Mehmet Hanege, M. Tayyar Kalcioglu, Tuncay Kaner, Numan Kokten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Otolaryngology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/756280
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