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Posterosuperior Retraction Pocket
Note the posterior – superior retraction pocket in this right tympanic membrane. The long process of the incus and the stapedial tendon can be quite clearly seen in the 11 o'clock position.
Tympanosclerosis
Note crescent -shaped white horseshoe of tympanosclerosis in the medial layer of this right tympanic membrane. These intra-tympanic patches of intratympanic sclerosis usually do not affect the patient's...
Extruding Ventilation Tube
Almost all ventilation tubes placed in the tympanic membrane are ultimately extruded. The time from insertion to extrusion varies from two months to over two years depending upon the type of tube placed...
Serous Otitis Media pre-Valsalva
This is a typical case of serous otitis media which is the result of a persistent obstruction of the eustachian tube, which prevents air entering the middle ear. The air that is in the middle ear becomes...
Serous Otitis Media Middle Air Aspirate
This photograph shows the typical appearance of the aspirate from a patient with serous otitis media. Note the golden yellow watery clear fluid. The complete transparency of the middle ear fluid in these...
Mucoid Otitis Media Middle Ear Aspirate
This photograph shows the typical appearance of the aspirate from a case of mucoid otitis media. This was obtained from a young child prior to the insertion of a ventilation tube to treat a chronic conductive...
Tympanic Membrane Crust Post Acute Otitis Media
In very severe cases of acute otitis media the infection [inflammation] will extend into and through the tympanic membrane, causing an exudate to develop on the lateral surface of the tympanic membrane....
Pinhole Perforation from Acute Otitis Media
24 hours prior to this photograph, this patient presented with a severe acute otitis media and a bulging tympanic membrane. In the interval a pinpoint perforation as developed in the left tympanic membrane...
Severe Acute Otitis Media Left Ear
This patient has a severe acute otitis media in the left ear. Note bulging laterally of the tympanic membrane caused by the accumulating purulent debris in the middle ear. The inflammation has involved...
Traumatic Perforation of the Left Tympanic Membrane...
This patient's Sustained a linear perforationOf the left tympanic membrane from a slap on the left ear one month previously. The perforation was located in the 6 o'clock position and has healed completely....