tegmen

Examples

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• The sinus plate had been destroyed, but the tegmen plate was intact.

  Academic text (2007)

• Finally, in 1983, Adkins and Osguthorpe described the mini-craniotomy procedure for the management of 2 cases of CSF otorrhea from tegmen defects caused by chronic ear disease.

  Academic text (2007)

• In our series, CT correlated well with the identification of single or multiple tegmen defects.

  Academic text (2005)

• If a significant defect in the tegmen is not reconstructed, an encephalocele (herniation of brain tissue) might occur.

  Academic text (2004)

• Coronal CT shows a bone graft (arrow) over a tegmen defect 3 years postoperatively.

  Academic text (2005)

• Canaloplasty has resulted in thinned bone at the temporomandibular joint anteriorly and at the tegmen tympani superiorly (double arrowheads).

  Academic text (2002)

• Spontaneous CSF temporal bone leakage might occur as a result of an encephalocele or secondary to the development of arachnoid granulations along the tegmen of the middle ear or mastoid.

  Academic text (2005)

• The tegmen of the middle ear acts as a protective barrier for the delicate structures inside.

• Surgery was required to repair the tegmen after a chronic infection caused a significant defect.

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