PULSATILE MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION

5 Second Motion Video Otoscopy (MVO) Sample

This 5 second video represents a pulsatile middle ear effusion in the left ear of an 88 year old female patient with a lifelong history of chronic middle ear disease, subtotal TM perforation and a profound mixed, essentially sensorineural loss of hearing. Effusion in the middle ear space can be seen to pulsate coincident with arterial pressure.

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