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Timpanometría - Resultados

Nombres alternativos

Timpanograma

Valores normales:

La presión dentro del oído medio puede variar en 100 daPa (una cantidad muy pequeña). La membrana timpánica debe lucir lisa.

Significado de los resultados anormales:

La timpanometría puede revelar cualquiera de las siguientes afecciones:

  • Líquido en el oído medio
  • Tímpano perforado
  • Impactación del cerumen
  • Cicatrización de la membrana timpánica
  • Falta de contacto entre los huesos de conducción del oído medio
  • Tumor en el oído medio
  • Fecha de revisión: 2/12/2007
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Alden J. Pearl, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Noble J. Textbook of Primary Care Medicine. 3rd ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2001:1733-1735.

Cummings CW, Flint PW, Haughey BH, et al. Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery. 4th ed. St Louis, Mo; Mosby; 2005:3514.

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