Abnormal Congenital Location of Stapes’ Superstructure: Clinical and Embryological Implications

Figure 2

Intraoperative view of the middle ear (photo and diagram). After performing tympanotomy a disconnection between stapes superstructure and incus with a normal stapes footplate is observed. I: long process of the incus; H: head of the stapes; C: stapes crura; F: stapes footplate; T: tympanomeatal flap; M: mucosal folds.