Types of Fractures
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Longitudinal fracture - 70%: Conductive hearing loss (rupture drum, hemotympanum or ossicular disruption) - Facial nerve paresis is not common
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Transverse fracture - 20%: SNHL & vertigo (Labyrinthine injury) - Facial nerve paralysis is common
Manifestations
- Battle sign
- TM perforation
- Hemotympanum
- CSF otorrhea or rhinorrhea
- Ossicular disruption
- SNHL
- Vertigo
- Facial nerve paralysis
Battle Sign
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