Summary
Definition
History and exam
Key diagnostic factors
- 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
Other diagnostic factors
- 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
Risk factors
- 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
Diagnostic tests
1st tests to order
- endoscopia nasal
- timpanometria
Tests to consider
- nasofaringoscopia
- Tomografia computadorizada (TC)
Treatment algorithm
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Contributors
Authors
Edward D. McCoul, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Ochsner Clinical School
University of Queensland School of Medicine
New Orleans
LA
Disclosures
EDM is the author of references cited in this topic and is a consultant for Stryker.
Acknowledgements
Dr Edward D. McCoul would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Erica R. Thaler, the previous contributor to this topic.
Disclosures
ERT declared that she had no competing interests.
Peer reviewers
Alan G. Micco, MD
Associate Professor
Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago
IL
Disclosures
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.
Differentials
- Perda auditiva neurossensorial
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