2016 Volume 59 Issue 4 Pages 189-193
We report a case of fixation of the ossicles after fracture of the lateral wall of the tympanic attic by ear-pick injury. A 20-year-old man presented with a 2-year history of right-sided hearing loss after an ear-pick injury. Because of a type AD tympanogram suggesting dislocation of the ossicles, conductive hearing loss, and slight dislocation of the incus revealed by computed tomography, we suspected dislocation of the ossicles and performed tympanoplasty. However, at operation, we found that the lateral wall of the tympanic attic was fractured and that a fragment of the fracture was attached to the incus, causing the incus to lose its mobility. To the best of our knowledge, fracture of the lateral wall of the tympanic attic by ear-pick injury has not been previously reported.
