Isolated otosclerosis of the incus in a Korean woman

Kang Woo Kim; Hyun-Su Jun; Gi Jung Im; Ji Won Chang; Soon Young Kwon; Sung Won Chae; Hak Hyun Jung; June Choi

doi:10.1016/j.anl.2010.12.015

Isolated otosclerosis of the incus in a Korean woman

Auris Nasus Larynx. 2011 Oct;38(5):654-6. doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2010.12.015. Epub 2011 Feb 11.

Authors

Kang Woo Kim¹, Hyun-Su Jun, Gi Jung Im, Ji Won Chang, Soon Young Kwon, Sung Won Chae, Hak Hyun Jung, June Choi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea University Medical Center, 516 Gojan-dong, Ansan-city, South Korea. che710@hanmail.net

PMID: 21316168
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2010.12.015

Abstract

We report an isolated otosclerosis of the incus that was removed using a transcanal approach and the ossicular chain was reconstructed using a total ossicular replacement prosthesis due to a tilted stapes.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Asian People*
Diagnosis, Differential
Ear Diseases / complications
Ear Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Ear Diseases / ethnology
Ear Diseases / surgery*
Female
Hearing Loss / etiology
Humans
Incus / diagnostic imaging*
Ossicular Replacement*
Otosclerosis / complications
Otosclerosis / diagnostic imaging
Otosclerosis / ethnology
Otosclerosis / surgery*
Temporal Bone / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*