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Temporal bone fracture following blunt trauma caused by a flying fish

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

David Goldenberg ,
Marwan Karam ,
Joshua Danino ,
Renee Flax-Goldenberg  and
Henry Zvi Joachims
David Goldenberg*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Rambam Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Carmel Hospital, Israel.
Marwan Karam
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Rambam Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Carmel Hospital, Israel.
Joshua Danino
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Rambam Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Carmel Hospital, Israel.
Renee Flax-Goldenberg
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel.
Henry Zvi Joachims
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Rambam Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Carmel Hospital, Israel.
*
Address for correspondence: Dr David Goldenberg, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, P. O. B. 9602, Haifa, Israel. Fax: 972-4-8515710
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Abstract

Blunt trauma to the temporal region can cause fracture of the skull base, loss of hearing, vestibular symptoms and otorrhoea. The most common causes of blunt trauma to the ear and surrounding area are motor vehicle accidents, violent encounters, and sports-related accidents.

We present an obscure case of a man who was struck in the ear by a flying fish while wading in the sea with resulting temporal bone fracture, sudden deafness, vertigo, cerebrospinal fluid otorrhoea, and pneumocephalus.

Keywords

FracturesTemporal bone

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Clinical Records
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 112 , Issue 10 , October 1998 , pp. 959 - 961
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1998

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