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Relationship between Eustachian Tube Dimensions and Middle Ear Cholesteatoma

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https://doi.org/10.32448/entupdates.753411
Gülüstan, F., Güneş, S., Yıldız, Ömer, Mine Yazıcı, Z., Akif Abakay, M., İnci, E., & Sayın, İbrahim. (2020). Relationship between Eustachian Tube Dimensions and Middle Ear Cholesteatoma. ENT Updates, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.32448/entupdates.753411
Volume 10 Issue 2 (2020)
Copyright (c) 2020 Filiz Gülüstan, Selçuk Güneş, Ömer Yıldız, Zahide Mine Yazıcı, Mehmet Akif Abakay, Ercan İnci, İbrahim Sayın
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Authors

  • Filiz Gülüstan
    Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Selçuk Güneş Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Memorial Hizmet Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Ömer Yıldız Department of Radiology, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Zahide Mine Yazıcı Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Mehmet Akif Abakay Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Ercan İnci Department of Radiology, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
  • İbrahim Sayın Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

Objective: To compare intact and diseased ears for Eustachian tube (ET) length and width in patients with unilateral chronic otitis media (COM), and to assess the relationship between cholesteatoma spread, stapes erosion, lateral semicircular canal (LSCC) fistula and ET width and length retrospectively.

Methods: Subjects with unilateral COM (122 subjects with 244 ears) who underwent surgery for cholesteatoma were evaluated retrospectively for this study. The width of the distal orifice of the bony segment and the length of the bony segment of the ET for both the diseased and healthy ear were measured. Subjects’ healthy and diseased ears were compared for ET length and width. The diseased sides were compared to assess the relationship between ET dimensions and cholesteatoma spread, stapes erosion and LSCC fistula.

Results: The mean ET length and width in healthy and diseased ears was 11.38±1.7 and 1.43±0.37 mm, and 10.99±1.6 and 1.27±0.35 mm, respectively; the difference was statistically significant (p<0.001). No significant differences were found in terms of ET length and width between the subjects with and without stapes erosion and LSCC fistula (p=0.765, p=0.573, and p=0.436, p=0.790, respectively). No significant relation was found between cholesteatoma spread and ET length and width (p=0.647).

Conclusion: ET dysfunction is frequently associated with COM. Chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma is significantly related to ET length and width. Measurement of ET length and width in CT scans is a basic method that can be used in clinical practice.

Keywords:

Cholesteatoma eustachian tube multidetector computed tomography