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Thickened tympanic membrane

MedGen UID:: 583094
•Concept ID:: C0395854
•: Finding

Synonym:	Thickened eardrum
SNOMED CT:	Thickened eardrum (247263009); Thickened tympanic membrane (247263009)

HPO:	HP:6000183

Definition

The tympanic membrane (eardrum, myringa) is a thin, semitransparent, oval membrane, approximately 1 cm in diameter, that separates the external acoustic meatus from the tympanic cavity. Thickening refers to an increase of the dimension across the membrane. [from HPO]

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CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVThickened tympanic membrane

Phenotypic abnormality
- Ear malformation
  - Abnormal ear morphology
    - Abnormality of the middle ear
      - Abnormal tympanic membrane morphology
        Thickened tympanic membrane

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

New Imaging Modalities in Otology.

Bance M, Zarowski A, Adamson RA, Casselman JW
Adv Otorhinolaryngol 2018;81:1-13. Epub 2018 Apr 6 doi: 10.1159/000485576. PMID: 29794443

Unusual otologic manifestation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Gotay V
Laryngoscope 1976 Dec;86(12):1856-63. doi: 10.1002/lary.5540861211. PMID: 792597

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