Otologic manifestations of Fanconi anemia. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • OBJECTIVES: To identify and define the otologic manifestations in patients with Fanconi anemia. DESIGN: Retrospective case series. SETTING: Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS: Sixty-nine patients in all age groups who received a diagnosis of Fanconi anemia with or without otologic presentation. METHODS: Medical records, audiograms, and tympanograms of all patients were reviewed. Data were analyzed and compared with the literature. RESULTS: Of 69 patients with Fanconi anemia, many had morphologic anomalies affecting the structures of the ear and the head and neck. Conductive hearing loss, external auditory canal stenosis, and auricular malformation were among the most common. CONCLUSIONS: Fanconi anemia is a clinically heterogenous disorder. Conductive hearing loss, external auditory canal stenosis, and auricular malformations are the most common otologic presentations but are not present in the majority of patients.

publication date

  • November 1, 2002

Research

keywords

  • Craniofacial Abnormalities
  • Ear
  • Fanconi Anemia
  • Hearing Loss, Conductive

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0036834252

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/00129492-200211000-00011

PubMed ID

  • 12438849

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 23

issue

  • 6