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. 1991 Aug;20(4):251-3.

Persistence of the foramen of Huschke in the adult: an osteological study

R G Wang  1 , B Bingham, M Hawke, P Kwok, J R Li
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  • PMID: 1920577

Persistence of the foramen of Huschke in the adult: an osteological study

R G Wang et al. J Otolaryngol. 1991 Aug.

Abstract

The foramen of Huschke, which appears during the embryological development of the tympanic bone, usually closes by the age of five years. A review of 377 dried skulls revealed that the foramen of Huschke was present in adult life in 7% of the skulls examined. A patent foramen of Huschke in the adult may, in rare cases, be the cause of temporomandibular joint herniation or fistulization through the anterior wall of the bony external canal.

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