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Salivary otorrhoea: a case report and a review of the literature

School of Dentistry, The University of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester M15 6FH, UK

*Correspondence to: Dr Vivian E Rushton, Senior Lecturer in Dental and Maxillofacial Imaging, School of Dentistry, The University of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester M15 6FH, UK; E-mail: vivian.e.rushton{at}manchester.ac.uk

Received 23 December 2004; revised 7 July 2005; accepted 13 July 2005

This report presents an unusual case of spontaneous salivary otorrhoea in which advanced imaging was used to identify a developmental defect in the anterior wall of the bony external auditory meatus. This defect, the so-called foramen of Huschke, was subsequently found to be the source of the fistula. A review of the literature highlights the diagnostic dilemmas that such cases pose for the clinician.

Keywords: parotid gland; fistula; external auditory meatus; foramen of Huschke