Refractory Otitis Media due to a Congenital Pre-auricular Fistula Communicating with the Mastoid Antrum

Kazutaka Nakayasu; Yutaka Sasaki; Masataka Takeyama; Ryuji Ishikawa

doi:10.5631/jibirinsuppl.136.104

Festschrift for Professor Hiroyuki Mineta In Honor of 10 Years of Chairmanship, Department of Otolaryngology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Refractory Otitis Media due to a Congenital Pre-auricular Fistula Communicating with the Mastoid Antrum

Kazutaka Nakayasu, Yutaka Sasaki, Masataka Takeyama, Ryuji Ishikawa

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Keywords: refractory otitis, pre-auricular fistula, middle-ear anomalies, branchio-oto-renal syndrome

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2013 Volume 136 Pages 104-107

DOI https://doi.org/10.5631/jibirinsuppl.136.104

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Abstract

We report herein on a case of refractory otitis media due to a congenital pre-auricular fistula communicating with the mastoid antrum. The patient was a 12-year-old female with middle-ear anomalies. The pre-auricular fistula was removed, and a tympanoplasty was performed. The fistula communicated with the mastoid antrum. Because of the combination of the branchial fistula and hearing loss, our suspected diagnoses was branchio-oto-renal syndrome and we performed genetic tests.

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