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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1994;37(1): 133-7. |
Unilaterally Excessive Pneumatization of the Mastoid - Case Report - |
Seon Tae Kim, MD, Haeng Jae Kim, MD, Jung Jeong Rhyu, MD, and Yong Bum Cho, MD |
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Chonnam National University, Kwangju, Korea |
편측 유양돌기의 과함기화 - 증례보고 - |
김선태 · 김행재 · 류중정 · 조용범 |
전남대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실 |
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ABSTRACT |
The factors determining the pneumatization of mastoid have been disputed. Authors recently experienced a case of unilaterally excessive pneumatization of right mastoid in the patient with thymus hyperplasia which was not reported in the literatures. Studies that measure the size of mastoid pneumatization usually use a planimetric method on the lateral projection of the mastoid and recently use CT scan which is the most accurate radiographic means to assess mastoid pneumatization. The excessive pneumatization of right mastoid was animicked as a huge retroauricular mass. The CT-determined volume of right mastoid was 24.3ml, and that of left was 9.6ml, which was normally developed compairing with the average.
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Keywords:
Mastoid pneumatizationㆍThymus hyperplasia. |
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