Isolated Malleus Fracture from Sneezing: A Case Report

Isolated malleus fractures are an infrequent cause of hearing loss. Even more unusual is a fracture secondary to a sneeze. Here, we review the case of a 32-year-old man with the first surgically confirmed malleus fracture due to a suppressed sneeze, which was then successfully repaired with hydroxya...

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Autores principales: Zhao, Nina W, Perez, Philip, Sharon, Jeffrey D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Otolaryngology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6721908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31501729
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5037
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description Isolated malleus fractures are an infrequent cause of hearing loss. Even more unusual is a fracture secondary to a sneeze. Here, we review the case of a 32-year-old man with the first surgically confirmed malleus fracture due to a suppressed sneeze, which was then successfully repaired with hydroxyapatite bone cement. We discuss the presentation, diagnosis, and management of this patient and review the literature on isolated malleus injuries.
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spelling pubmed-67219082019-09-09 Isolated Malleus Fracture from Sneezing: A Case Report Zhao, Nina W Perez, Philip Sharon, Jeffrey D Cureus Otolaryngology Isolated malleus fractures are an infrequent cause of hearing loss. Even more unusual is a fracture secondary to a sneeze. Here, we review the case of a 32-year-old man with the first surgically confirmed malleus fracture due to a suppressed sneeze, which was then successfully repaired with hydroxyapatite bone cement. We discuss the presentation, diagnosis, and management of this patient and review the literature on isolated malleus injuries. Cureus 2019-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6721908/ /pubmed/31501729 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5037 Text en Copyright © 2019, Zhao et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Zhao, Nina W
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title Isolated Malleus Fracture from Sneezing: A Case Report
title_full Isolated Malleus Fracture from Sneezing: A Case Report
title_fullStr Isolated Malleus Fracture from Sneezing: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Isolated Malleus Fracture from Sneezing: A Case Report
title_short Isolated Malleus Fracture from Sneezing: A Case Report
title_sort isolated malleus fracture from sneezing: a case report
topic Otolaryngology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6721908/
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