Eustachian Tube Dysfunction-Related Symptoms in Chronic Nasal Obstruction Caused by Inferior Turbinate Enlargement.
CONCLUSIONS: Patients with inferior turbinate enlargement have more symptoms related to Eustachian tube dysfunction than healthy controls. Most patients with Eustachian tube dysfunction had normal tympanometry and normal otoscopy, which indicates a baro-challenge-induced Eustachian tube dysfunction. Whether the patient has allergic sensitization or not does not seem to cause a difference in symptoms related to Eustachian tube dysfunction.
PMID: 28975810 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Harju T, Kivekäs I, Numminen J, Rautiainen M Tags: Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Source Type: research