Positive perilymph fistula test with semicircular canal dehiscence from cholesteatoma
Journal
CMAJ
Journal Volume
191
Journal Issue
4
Date Issued
2019
Author(s)
Abstract
A 54-year-old man presented to our outpatient department with left-side hearing loss and tinnitus that had progressed for several years. The patient had vertigo with nausea, which was aggravated on applying pressure over the left external ear canal and tragus. Physical examination showed left-side
Other Subjects
adult; case report; cholesteatoma; clinical article; computer assisted tomography; ear surgery; human; inner ear disease; male; middle aged; nausea; Note; nystagmus; perception deafness; perilymph fistula; physical examination; pure tone audiometry; semicircular canal dehiscence; tinnitus; vertigo; cholesteatoma; diagnostic imaging; fistula; pathology; pathophysiology; perception deafness; perilymph; semicircular canal; temporal bone; treatment outcome; x-ray computed tomography; Cholesteatoma; Fistula; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Perilymph; Semicircular Canals; Temporal Bone; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome
Publisher
Canadian Medical Association
Type
journal article