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A Rare Case of Bifurcated Chorda Tympani
Preservation of the chorda tympani is important in middle ear surgery to prevent dysgeusia postoperatively. However, determining the exact course of the chorda tympani before surgery is not always possible, especially in cases with accompanying malformations. In this report, we presented an extremel...
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The European Academy of Otology and Neurotology
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7224434/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32209522 http://dx.doi.org/10.5152/iao.2020.6882 |
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author | Kasahara, Ken Hosoya, Makoto Oishi, Naoki Ogawa, Kaoru |
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description | Preservation of the chorda tympani is important in middle ear surgery to prevent dysgeusia postoperatively. However, determining the exact course of the chorda tympani before surgery is not always possible, especially in cases with accompanying malformations. In this report, we presented an extremely rare case of bifurcation of the chorda tympani in a 15-year-old male patient. We performed tympanoplasty for a middle ear malformation with conductive hearing loss. During the operation, we noticed and carefully preserved the bifurcated chorda tympani. The patient did not develop dysgeusia postoperatively. Appropriate handling and understanding of the anomalous chorda tympani preserved the patient’s sense of taste and hence quality of life. |
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spelling | pubmed-72244342020-05-15 A Rare Case of Bifurcated Chorda Tympani Kasahara, Ken Hosoya, Makoto Oishi, Naoki Ogawa, Kaoru J Int Adv Otol Case Report Preservation of the chorda tympani is important in middle ear surgery to prevent dysgeusia postoperatively. However, determining the exact course of the chorda tympani before surgery is not always possible, especially in cases with accompanying malformations. In this report, we presented an extremely rare case of bifurcation of the chorda tympani in a 15-year-old male patient. We performed tympanoplasty for a middle ear malformation with conductive hearing loss. During the operation, we noticed and carefully preserved the bifurcated chorda tympani. The patient did not develop dysgeusia postoperatively. Appropriate handling and understanding of the anomalous chorda tympani preserved the patient’s sense of taste and hence quality of life. The European Academy of Otology and Neurotology 2020-04 2020-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7224434/ /pubmed/32209522 http://dx.doi.org/10.5152/iao.2020.6882 Text en © Copyright 2020 The European Academy of Otology and Neurotology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Content of this journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Kasahara, Ken Hosoya, Makoto Oishi, Naoki Ogawa, Kaoru A Rare Case of Bifurcated Chorda Tympani |
title | A Rare Case of Bifurcated Chorda Tympani |
title_full | A Rare Case of Bifurcated Chorda Tympani |
title_fullStr | A Rare Case of Bifurcated Chorda Tympani |
title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Case of Bifurcated Chorda Tympani |
title_short | A Rare Case of Bifurcated Chorda Tympani |
title_sort | rare case of bifurcated chorda tympani |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7224434/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32209522 http://dx.doi.org/10.5152/iao.2020.6882 |
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