Year | Authors | Age | Sex | Presentation | TM | Symptoms | Radiologic aspect | Treatment |
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1959 | Hildyard and Compere | 22 | F | Isolated | Perforated | CHL, otorrhea | X-ray: smooth rounded | Myringoplasty, removal with a curette |
1979 | Denia et al. | 55 | M | Isolated | Perforated | CHL, otorrhea, associated with cholesteatoma | X-ray: oval shape | Surgical exploration advised but refused |
2005 | Cho et al. | 15 | F | Tympanic cavity extending into Eustachian tube | Eroded, wet | CHL, otorrhea | CT scan: Egg-shell like density | CWD mastoidectomy |
2006 | Kim et al. | 28 | F | Multiple | Anulus eroded, Bulge | MHL, otalgia | CT scan: Egg-shell like density | CWU mastoidectomy |
2012 | Li et al. | 52 | M | Multiple | Perforated | MHL, otorrhea | CT scan: Bony mass density | CWU mastoidectomy |
Our experience | 64 | F | Isolated | Not perforated | MHL | CT scan: Bony mass density | Proposed transtympanic ventilation tube insertion or alternatively acoustic protesization |
CHL: conductive hearing loss; MHL: mixed hearing loss.