Persistence of the Foramen of Huschke in the Adult: an Osteological Study

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Journal J Otolaryngol

Specialty Otorhinolaryngology

Date 1991 Aug 1

PMID 1920577

Citations 15

Authors

R G Wang

B Bingham

M Hawke

P Kwok

J R Li

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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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