Tympanic plate fracture following mandibular trauma with emphasis on 3D imaging

A 73-year-old patient was addressed to our department of medical imaging for combined CT imaging of the head and petrous bone. The patient had fallen from his height on his mandibula and reported pain in the area of the left temporo mandibular joint. The pain was associated by external otorrhagia. A...

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Published inJBR-BTR : organe de la Societe royale belge de radiologie (SRBR) = orgaan van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Radiologie (KBVR) Vol. 94; no. 2; p. 85
Main Author Coulier, B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Belgium Ubiquity Press 01.03.2011
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Aged
Ear, Middle - diagnostic imaging
Ear, Middle - injuries
Fractures, Bone - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional - methods
Male
Mandible - diagnostic imaging
Mandibular Injuries - diagnostic imaging
Temporal Bone - diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
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Summary:A 73-year-old patient was addressed to our department of medical imaging for combined CT imaging of the head and petrous bone. The patient had fallen from his height on his mandibula and reported pain in the area of the left temporo mandibular joint. The pain was associated by external otorrhagia. At physical otoscopic exam there was some narrowing of the external auditory canal in which blood was visible. Neurootologic symptoms were absent.
ISSN:0302-7430
2514-8281
DOI:10.5334/jbr-btr.504