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Correlation Between the Degree of Middle Ear Pressure and the Eustachian Tube Dimensions : Radiological Study

NCT07343713 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2026-01-15

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Summary

The eustachian tube (ET) as it is known has important tasks on middle ear function and physiology. Middle ear ventilation, drainage, and protection of the middle ear to pathogens are major functions of the eustachian tube. Earlier studies showed that the eustachian tubes were shorter and were more horizontally located in children than in adults. This condition might increase otitis media in children (1).

The angles relative to the plane of the eustachian tube have previously been measured in a lot of work. These measurements were obtained in mostly cadaver studies. In various studies with the temporal bone computed tomography (CT), the eustachian tube placement was assessed according to the relationship to other structures (2).

Reid horizontal plane was found in 1962 by the world federation of radiology, bilateral inferior orbital wall and superior walls of the bilateral external ear canal. This plane is considered to be the position at which the head in a neutral anatomical position. Reid plane of eustachian tube angle is defined as the angle between tympanic pharyngeal orifice and Reid plane. Tubotympanic angle is an angle more recently associated with COM and cholesteatoma.This angle is defined as the angle of the longitudinal axis of the eustachian tube along the tympanic orifice and the longitudinal axis of the center the bony external ear canal of the bone in the axial plane(3).

There was a positive correlation between the degree of the mastoid pneumatization and the eustachian tube length (4). The decrease in the angle with the horizontal plane of Reid in the Eustachian tube in adults may play a significant role in the etiology of cholesteatoma(1).

Conditions

  • the Degree of Middle Ear Pressure and the Eustachian Tube Dimensions

Interventions

OTHER

Observational study

No intervention was applied. This is an observational study in which participants underwent routine clinical and radiological assessments only, with no experimental or therapeutic intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assiut University

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-02-01
Primary Completion
2027-02-01
Completion
2027-02-01

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