tympanic membrane perforation
Peripheral Tympanic Membrane Perforation with...
Tympanic membrane perforations can be classified into central and peripheral. Peripheral perforations as seen here are frequently associated with a cholesteatoma whereas central perforations are not....
Tympanosclerosis Middle Ear Mucosa
In this right middle ear there is a large perforation behind the malleus. The white mass promontory of the middle ear is a tympanosclerotic plaque. Through the perforation we have an excellent view of...
Subtotal Perforation Demonstrating Eustachian...
There is a subtotal perforation of this right tympanic membrane. Of note one can see the entrance to the eustachian tube in the 3 o'clock position.
![Large Subtotal Perforation [left tympanic membrane]](https://medtube.net/images/min/4c347a006bde5df5b75525011f38f304/149/112/1 "Large Subtotal Perforation [left tympanic membrane]")
Large Subtotal Perforation [left tympanic membrane]
This patient has a large essentially total perforation of the left tympanic membrane. One can view the structures of the middle ear clearly. Note in particular the long process the incus connected to...
Healed Central Perforation
There is a medium sized healed perforation in this right tympanic membrane. One can see easily into the middle ear because this perforation healed without a fibrous middle layer. A normal tympanic membrane...
Tympanic Membrane Perforation With Atrophic Long...
This patient has a large subtotal perforation of the right tympanic membrane. The long process of the incus and the head of the stapes can be seen in the 11 o'clock position. On close inspection one can...
Cholesteatoma
There is a large central perforation in this left tympanic membrane through which one can see a collection of whitish keratin debris surrounding the inferior portion of the malleus. This is from a cholesteatoma.
Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (CSOM)
Note the mucopurulent discharge issuing from this moderately large central perforation in this left tympanic membrane. This used to be referred to as chronic suppurative otitis media [CSOM]. The advantage...
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...
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....