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Arterial anomalies of the middle ear associated with stapes ankylosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. Pirodda ,
G. Sorrenti ,
A. F. Marliani  and
I. Cappello
A. Pirodda*
Affiliation:
ENT Department, Bologna University, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
G. Sorrenti
Affiliation:
ENT Department, Bologna University, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy
A. F. Marliani
Affiliation:
Neuroradiology Department, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
I. Cappello
Affiliation:
Radiology Department, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
*
Professor Antonio Pirodda, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Istituto di Clinica Oto-Rino-Laringologica, Policlinico Sant'orsola-Via Massarenti, 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy. Fax: 0039 51 343507
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Abstract

An aberrant internal carotid artery in a young woman complaining of pulsatile tinnitus and conductive hearing loss was diagnosed pre-operatively by CT scan and angiographic findings. An exploratory tympanotomy was performed in order to evaluate the cause of the severe conductive hearing loss. It was possible to detect a large persistent stapedial artery associated with a stapedial fixation of unknown cause. Despite these vascular anomalies a stapedotomy was performed successfully.

Keywords

Carotid arteryinternalTinnituspulsatileGlomus tympanicum tumour
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 108 , Issue 3 , March 1994 , pp. 237 - 239
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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