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Absent mastoid

MedGen UID:
866723
•Concept ID:
C4021070
•
Congenital Abnormality
Synonyms: Absent mastoids; Failure of development of mastoid; Mastoid agenesis
 
HPO: HP:0012761

Definition

A developmental anomaly in which the mastoid process fails to form and is thus found to be congenitally absent. [from HPO]

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The morphometric analysis of mastoid foramen and mastoid emissary canal on cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT).
Yurdabakan ZZ, Okumuş Ö, Orhan K
Surg Radiol Anat 2023 Mar;45(3):303-314. Epub 2023 Jan 24 doi: 10.1007/s00276-023-03089-9. PMID: 36692538
A New Classification of the Anatomical Variations of Labbé's Inferior Anastomotic Vein.
Mincă DI, Rusu MC, Rădoi PM, Hostiuc S, Toader C
Tomography 2022 Aug 30;8(5):2182-2192. doi: 10.3390/tomography8050183. PMID: 36136879Free PMC Article
Facial sinus endoscopic evaluation, radiologic assessment, and classification.
Alicandri-Ciufelli M, Fermi M, Bonali M, Presutti L, Marchioni D, Todeschini A, Anschuetz L
Laryngoscope 2018 Oct;128(10):2397-2402. Epub 2018 Mar 7 doi: 10.1002/lary.27135. PMID: 29513386
Radiographic Mastoid and Middle Ear Effusions in Intensive Care Unit Subjects.
Huyett P, Raz Y, Hirsch BE, McCall AA
Respir Care 2017 Mar;62(3):350-356. Epub 2016 Dec 6 doi: 10.4187/respcare.05172. PMID: 27923935
Vestibular neuritis: Evaluation and effect of vestibular rehabilitation.
Lorin P, Donnard M, Foubert F
Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Bord) 2015;136(1):21-7. PMID: 26749601

Diagnosis

The morphometric analysis of mastoid foramen and mastoid emissary canal on cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT).
Yurdabakan ZZ, Okumuş Ö, Orhan K
Surg Radiol Anat 2023 Mar;45(3):303-314. Epub 2023 Jan 24 doi: 10.1007/s00276-023-03089-9. PMID: 36692538
Audiologic characterization using clinical physiological measures: Normative data from macaque monkeys.
Stahl AN, Mondul JA, Alek KA, Hackett TA, Ramachandran R
Hear Res 2022 Oct;424:108568. Epub 2022 Jul 12 doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2022.108568. PMID: 35896044Free PMC Article
The prevalence and morphometric features of mastoid emissary vein on multidetector computed tomography.
Demirpolat G, Bulbul E, Yanik B
Folia Morphol (Warsz) 2016;75(4):448-453. Epub 2016 Nov 10 doi: 10.5603/FM.a2016.0021. PMID: 27830877
A review of the scientific basis and practical application of a new test of utricular function--ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials to bone-conducted vibration.
Curthoys IS, Manzari L, Smulders YE, Burgess AM
Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital 2009 Aug;29(4):179-86. PMID: 20161874Free PMC Article
Meningitis caused by Streptococcus in adults.
Lerner PI
J Infect Dis 1975 May;131 Suppl:S9-16. doi: 10.1093/infdis/131.supplement.s9. PMID: 1092775

Therapy

Radiographic Mastoid and Middle Ear Effusions in Intensive Care Unit Subjects.
Huyett P, Raz Y, Hirsch BE, McCall AA
Respir Care 2017 Mar;62(3):350-356. Epub 2016 Dec 6 doi: 10.4187/respcare.05172. PMID: 27923935
The galvanic whole-body sway response in health and disease.
Tax CM, Bom AP, Taylor RL, Todd N, Cho KK, Fitzpatrick RC, Welgampola MS
Clin Neurophysiol 2013 Oct;124(10):2036-45. Epub 2013 Jul 10 doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.12.041. PMID: 23849702
Bilateral spontaneous hemotympanum: case report.
Balatsouras DG, Dimitropoulos P, Fassolis A, Kloutsos G, Economou NC, Korres S, Kaberos A
Head Face Med 2006 Oct 4;2:31. doi: 10.1186/1746-160X-2-31. PMID: 17020609Free PMC Article
Vestibular and somatosensory contributions to responses to head and body displacements in stance.
Horak FB, Shupert CL, Dietz V, Horstmann G
Exp Brain Res 1994;100(1):93-106. doi: 10.1007/BF00227282. PMID: 7813657
Meningitis caused by Streptococcus in adults.
Lerner PI
J Infect Dis 1975 May;131 Suppl:S9-16. doi: 10.1093/infdis/131.supplement.s9. PMID: 1092775

Prognosis

A New Classification of the Anatomical Variations of Labbé's Inferior Anastomotic Vein.
Mincă DI, Rusu MC, Rădoi PM, Hostiuc S, Toader C
Tomography 2022 Aug 30;8(5):2182-2192. doi: 10.3390/tomography8050183. PMID: 36136879Free PMC Article
Results of VSB implantation at the short process of the incus in children with ear atresia.
Célérier C, Thierry B, Coudert C, Blanchard M, Loundon N, Garabédian EN, Denoyelle F
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2017 Feb;93:83-87. Epub 2016 Dec 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2016.12.038. PMID: 28109505
Radiographic Mastoid and Middle Ear Effusions in Intensive Care Unit Subjects.
Huyett P, Raz Y, Hirsch BE, McCall AA
Respir Care 2017 Mar;62(3):350-356. Epub 2016 Dec 6 doi: 10.4187/respcare.05172. PMID: 27923935
Vestibular neuritis: Evaluation and effect of vestibular rehabilitation.
Lorin P, Donnard M, Foubert F
Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Bord) 2015;136(1):21-7. PMID: 26749601
Anatomic variations and anomalies involving the facial canal.
Nager GT, Proctor B
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 1991 Jun;24(3):531-53. PMID: 1762775

Clinical prediction guides

The morphometric analysis of mastoid foramen and mastoid emissary canal on cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT).
Yurdabakan ZZ, Okumuş Ö, Orhan K
Surg Radiol Anat 2023 Mar;45(3):303-314. Epub 2023 Jan 24 doi: 10.1007/s00276-023-03089-9. PMID: 36692538
Audiologic characterization using clinical physiological measures: Normative data from macaque monkeys.
Stahl AN, Mondul JA, Alek KA, Hackett TA, Ramachandran R
Hear Res 2022 Oct;424:108568. Epub 2022 Jul 12 doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2022.108568. PMID: 35896044Free PMC Article
Vestibular neuritis: Evaluation and effect of vestibular rehabilitation.
Lorin P, Donnard M, Foubert F
Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Bord) 2015;136(1):21-7. PMID: 26749601
Clinical anatomy of the mastoid and occipital emissary veins in a large series.
Louis RG Jr, Loukas M, Wartmann CT, Tubbs RS, Apaydin N, Gupta AA, Spentzouris G, Ysique JR
Surg Radiol Anat 2009 Feb;31(2):139-44. Epub 2008 Oct 31 doi: 10.1007/s00276-008-0423-5. PMID: 18974919
Anatomic variations and anomalies involving the facial canal.
Nager GT, Proctor B
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 1991 Jun;24(3):531-53. PMID: 1762775

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