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Pneumolabyrinth Without Temporal Bone Fracture: Different Outcomes for Hearing Recovery
Author(s) -
Woo HyunJae,
Song SiYoun,
Kim YongDae,
Bai Chang Hoon
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1097/mlg.0b013e318172ab03
Subject(s) - temporal bone , medicine , conservative management , otology , fracture (geology) , head trauma , conservative treatment , surgery , hearing loss , radiology , dentistry , audiology , geology , geotechnical engineering
Pneumolabyrinth is a rare clinical manifestation seen in the practice of otology. It occurs usually after head trauma with temporal bone fracture. However, pneumolabyrinth without temporal bone fracture is a very rare occurrence. When it occurs, it is usually diagnosed by high‐resolution computed tomography of the temporal bone. Therapy for pneumolabyrinth is conservative treatment or an exploratory tympanotomy. Recently, we saw two cases of pneumolabyrinth after trauma without temporal bone fracture. The patients were treated with conservative management for the pneumolabyrinth. However, the degree of recovery from hearing loss was different for each patient.