The infant's pre-tympanic region of the eustachian tube in health and disease

Jacob Sadé*, Michal Luntz, Shlomo Wolfson, Gilead Berger

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Abstract

The size of the eustachian tube lumen of the pre-tympanic segment in infants and children from birth up to two years is presented. The material consisted of serially sectioned 28 eustachian tubes of normal temporal bones and 13 eustachian tubes of temporal bones harboring acute and secretory otitis media. The size of the eustachian tube lumen was measured with the aid of a millimetric grid mounted on a microscope. These measurements have shown that: (a) there is no increase in the lumen size of the pre-tympanic region of the auditory tube from birth to two years of age. (b) Each age group presents a considerable range in luminal size, compatible with a natural biological distribution. (c) No obstruction of the eustachian tube lumen was encountered in any of the pathological specimens. (d) There is no significant statistical difference between the lumen size of the pre-tympanic region coming from normal temporal bones as compared to those from temporal bones with acute or secretory otitis media.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)237-243
Number of pages7
JournalInternational Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Volume10
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1985
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • acute otitis media
  • eustachian tube
  • lumen area
  • pre-tympanic region
  • secretory otitis media

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