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Case Reports
[Silicone as a foreign body in the middle ear: a rare complication after taking an impression of the auditory canal].
- M Schwaab, J Lautermann, G Schimanski, and H Sudhoff.
- Klinik für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie der Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
- HNO. 2007 Jan 1; 55 (1): 56-60.
AbstractFor the individual design of ear moulds, silicone is generally used for taking the impression of the external meatus and the cavum conchae. Complications are rare with only a few accounts in the literature. We report on three cases of accidental displacement of silicone into the middle ear cavity during impression taking. Clinical symptoms and detection of silicone as a rare middle ear foreign body are presented and discussed.
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