Traumatic perforation: spontaneous healing.This otoscopic view shows the same left ear seen in the October 2003 Otoscopic Clinic (p. 747), 1 month after the injury. Healing is complete, and there is only a scar in the area of the previous perforation per·fo·ra·tion n. 1. The act of perforating or the state of being perforated. 2. An abnormal opening in a hollow organ or viscus, as one made by rupture or injury. Perforation A hole. . The pars tensa is intact. The chorda tympani is seen through the pars tensa at the posterior superior quadrant of the tympanic membrane tympanic membrane n. See eardrum. Tympanic membrane A structure in the middle ear that can rupture if pressure in the ear is not equalized during airplane ascents and descents. , as is the incus incus /in·cus/ (ing´kus) [L.] the middle of the three ossicles of the ear, which, with the stapes and malleus, serves to conduct vibrations from the tympanic membrane to the inner ear. Called also |
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