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Case Reports
. 2024 Jun;134(6):2912-2914.
doi: 10.1002/lary.31183. Epub 2023 Nov 17.

Carotid-Cochlear Apex Dehiscence: A Family Affair

Stéphane Gargula  1 , Alexia Tran  2 , Mary Daval  1 , Daniel Levy  1 , Maria-Pia Tuset  1 , Denis Ayache  1
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Carotid-Cochlear Apex Dehiscence: A Family Affair

Stéphane Gargula et al. Laryngoscope. 2024 Jun.

Abstract

We report two cases of carotid-cochlea dehiscence involving the cochlear apex, with, to our knowledge, the first description of this anomaly in two members of a family (mother-daughter). Pure tone audiometry revealed a bilateral mild sensorineural hearing loss predominantly on the left in the daughter, and a left mild mixed hearing loss with a predominance of sensorineural loss in the medium frequencies in the mother Carotid-cochlear dehiscence is a rare anomaly with a multiform expression, which should be investigated in cases of third mobile window symptoms, but also atypical sensorineural hearing loss, or before any cochlear implantation. Laryngoscope, 134:2912-2914, 2024.

Keywords: carotid; cochlea; dehiscence; inner ear; petrous bone.

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