Radiopaque contrast dye in nasopharynx reaches the middle ear during swallowing and/or yawning

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 625-628

  Winther, Brigit ^a   Gwaltney Jr , J M ^b   Phillips, C D ^b   Hendley, J O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Eustachian tube; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; NASOPHARYNX; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE SECRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SWALLOWING; TEMPORAL BONE; YAWNING;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; DEGLUTITION; EAR, MIDDLE; EUSTACHIAN TUBE; FEMALE; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MASTOID; NASOPHARYNX; POSTURE; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YAWNING;

EID: 21044450424     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480510027466     Document Type: Article

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