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Disfunção da tuba auditiva

Evidencia revisada por última vez: 27 Aug 2026
Última atualização do tópico: 08 Feb 2022

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • incapacidade de desobstruir ou desentupir a orelha quando ocorrem alterações na pressão barométrica
  • exame físico normal da cabeça e do pescoço
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • plenitude aural
  • perda auditiva subjetiva
  • autofonia
  • história de otite média serosa ou de otite média crônica
  • edema do orifício da tuba auditiva
  • história de membrana timpânica retraída ou com hipermobilidade
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Fatores de risco

  • fenda palatina
  • hipertrofia das adenoides
  • rinite alérgica
  • rinossinusite crônica
  • neoplasia da nasofaringe ou da fossa infratemporal
  • trauma da tuba auditiva
  • infecção da tuba auditiva
  • idade <5 anos
  • tabagismo
  • Doença do refluxo gastroesofágico (DRGE)
  • exposição à radiação
  • história de perda de peso recente
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • endoscopia nasal
  • timpanometria
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • nasofaringoscopia
  • Tomografia computadorizada (TC)
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Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

todos os pacientes

Colaboradores

Autores

Edward D. McCoul, MD, MPH

Associate Professor

Department of Otorhinolaryngology

Ochsner Clinical School

University of Queensland School of Medicine

New Orleans

LA

Declarações

EDM is the author of references cited in this topic and is a consultant for Stryker.

Agradecimentos

Dr Edward D. McCoul would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Erica R. Thaler, the previous contributor to this topic.

Declarações

ERT declared that she had no competing interests.

Revisores

Alan G. Micco, MD

Associate Professor

Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Chicago

IL

Declarações

AGM declares that he has no competing interests.

Niels van Heerbeek, MD, PhD

Consultant

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery

University Medical Centre

Nijmegen

The Netherlands

Disclosures

NVH declares that he has no competing interests.

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Key articles

Bluestone CD. Eustachian tube: structure, function, role in otitis media. Hamilton, Ontario: BC Decker, Inc.; 2005.

Monsell EM, Harley RE. Eustachian tube dysfunction. Otolaryngol Clin N Am. 1996;29:437-444. Abstract

Schilder AG, Bhutta MF, Butler CC, et al. Eustachian tube dysfunction: consensus statement on definition, types, clinical presentation and diagnosis. Clin Otolaryngol. 2015 Oct;40(5):407-11.Full text  Abstract

Reference articles

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