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Case report: greatly enlarged jugular fossa with progressive sensorineural hearing loss

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

C. D. Good*
Affiliation:
Department of RadiologyRoyal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8DA Department of Radiology. St Bartholomew's Hospital. West Smithfield. London EG1A 7BE.
P. D. Phelps
Affiliation:
Department of RadiologyRoyal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8DA
D. P. Lim
Affiliation:
Department of Audiological Medicine, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8DA
*
Address for correspondences: Dr Catriona D. Good, The Leopold Muller Magnetic Resonance Unit, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE.

Abstract

A case of a five-year-old child with a greatly enlarged jugular fossa and high jugular bulb with associated progressive sensorineural hearing loss is presented. While various forms of this anatomical variant have been described by many authors, this is an extreme example, and progressive symptoms are most unusual.

Type
Radiology in Focus
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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