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Absent mastoid

MedGen UID:
866723
Concept ID:
C4021070
Congenital Abnormality
Synonyms: Absent mastoids; Failure of development of mastoid; Mastoid agenesis
 
HPO: HP:0012761

Definition

A developmental anomaly in which the mastoid process fails to form and is thus found to be congenitally absent. [from HPO]

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Yurdabakan ZZ, Okumuş Ö, Orhan K
Surg Radiol Anat 2023 Mar;45(3):303-314. Epub 2023 Jan 24 doi: 10.1007/s00276-023-03089-9. PMID: 36692538
Alicandri-Ciufelli M, Fermi M, Bonali M, Presutti L, Marchioni D, Todeschini A, Anschuetz L
Laryngoscope 2018 Oct;128(10):2397-2402. Epub 2018 Mar 7 doi: 10.1002/lary.27135. PMID: 29513386
Huyett P, Raz Y, Hirsch BE, McCall AA
Respir Care 2017 Mar;62(3):350-356. Epub 2016 Dec 6 doi: 10.4187/respcare.05172. PMID: 27923935
Lorin P, Donnard M, Foubert F
Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Bord) 2015;136(1):21-7. PMID: 26749601
Gluth MB, Metrailer AM, Dornhoffer JL, Moore PC
Otol Neurotol 2012 Aug;33(6):998-1001. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31825f2346. PMID: 22772015

Diagnosis

Yurdabakan ZZ, Okumuş Ö, Orhan K
Surg Radiol Anat 2023 Mar;45(3):303-314. Epub 2023 Jan 24 doi: 10.1007/s00276-023-03089-9. PMID: 36692538
Stahl AN, Mondul JA, Alek KA, Hackett TA, Ramachandran R
Hear Res 2022 Oct;424:108568. Epub 2022 Jul 12 doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2022.108568. PMID: 35896044Free PMC Article
Demirpolat G, Bulbul E, Yanik B
Folia Morphol (Warsz) 2016;75(4):448-453. Epub 2016 Nov 10 doi: 10.5603/FM.a2016.0021. PMID: 27830877
Kim HH, Battista RA, Kumar A, Wiet RJ
Laryngoscope 2006 Jan;116(1):47-51. doi: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000185601.98903.34. PMID: 16481808
Chernoff WG, Parnes LS
J Otolaryngol 1992 Aug;21(4):290-2. PMID: 1527837

Therapy

Huyett P, Raz Y, Hirsch BE, McCall AA
Respir Care 2017 Mar;62(3):350-356. Epub 2016 Dec 6 doi: 10.4187/respcare.05172. PMID: 27923935
Tax CM, Bom AP, Taylor RL, Todd N, Cho KK, Fitzpatrick RC, Welgampola MS
Clin Neurophysiol 2013 Oct;124(10):2036-45. Epub 2013 Jul 10 doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.12.041. PMID: 23849702
Balatsouras DG, Dimitropoulos P, Fassolis A, Kloutsos G, Economou NC, Korres S, Kaberos A
Head Face Med 2006 Oct 4;2:31. doi: 10.1186/1746-160X-2-31. PMID: 17020609Free PMC Article
Horak FB, Shupert CL, Dietz V, Horstmann G
Exp Brain Res 1994;100(1):93-106. doi: 10.1007/BF00227282. PMID: 7813657
Lerner PI
J Infect Dis 1975 May;131 Suppl:S9-16. doi: 10.1093/infdis/131.supplement.s9. PMID: 1092775

Prognosis

Huyett P, Raz Y, Hirsch BE, McCall AA
Respir Care 2017 Mar;62(3):350-356. Epub 2016 Dec 6 doi: 10.4187/respcare.05172. PMID: 27923935
Lorin P, Donnard M, Foubert F
Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Bord) 2015;136(1):21-7. PMID: 26749601
Kim HH, Battista RA, Kumar A, Wiet RJ
Laryngoscope 2006 Jan;116(1):47-51. doi: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000185601.98903.34. PMID: 16481808
Nager GT, Proctor B
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 1991 Jun;24(3):531-53. PMID: 1762775
Jahrsdoerfer RA, Aguilar EA, Yeakley JW, Cole RR
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1989 Oct;98(10):807-12. doi: 10.1177/000348948909801011. PMID: 2802464

Clinical prediction guides

Yurdabakan ZZ, Okumuş Ö, Orhan K
Surg Radiol Anat 2023 Mar;45(3):303-314. Epub 2023 Jan 24 doi: 10.1007/s00276-023-03089-9. PMID: 36692538
Stahl AN, Mondul JA, Alek KA, Hackett TA, Ramachandran R
Hear Res 2022 Oct;424:108568. Epub 2022 Jul 12 doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2022.108568. PMID: 35896044Free PMC Article
Demirpolat G, Bulbul E, Yanik B
Folia Morphol (Warsz) 2016;75(4):448-453. Epub 2016 Nov 10 doi: 10.5603/FM.a2016.0021. PMID: 27830877
Louis RG Jr, Loukas M, Wartmann CT, Tubbs RS, Apaydin N, Gupta AA, Spentzouris G, Ysique JR
Surg Radiol Anat 2009 Feb;31(2):139-44. Epub 2008 Oct 31 doi: 10.1007/s00276-008-0423-5. PMID: 18974919
Nager GT, Proctor B
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 1991 Jun;24(3):531-53. PMID: 1762775

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