Eustachian Tube Foreign Body with Endoscopic-Assisted Surgical Removal

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Coronal, axial, and sagittal CTs demonstrating radiopaque foreign body at the level of the bony eustachian tube. (a) Axial CT demonstrating foreign body in the left eustachian tube with normal appearance of the right eustachian tube. (b) Magnified axial CT also demonstrating the proximity to the carotid artery. (c) Coronal CT with object in the left bony eustachian tube. (d) Sagittal CT. (e) Oblique MIP in the same plane as the 3D reconstruction. (f) 3D reconstruction with arrow to the foreign body. (g) Postoperative axial CT. (h) Postoperative coronal CT.

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