Epitympanic Recess Attic

Epitympanic recess a small upper space of the middle ear containing the head of the malleus and the body of the incus.

Epitympanic recess attic.

The epitympanum also known as the attic or epitympanic recess is the most superior portion of the tympanic cavity it is that portion of the tympanic cavity superior to the axial plane between the tip of the scutum and the tympanic segment of the facial nerve 1 3. Recess 1 anterior epitympanic compartment 13 anterior attic recess 14 recessus protym panicum 15 anterior epitympanic recess 2 16 and geniculate sinus 17 have been used synonymously. A ct morphological evaluation of both ears pathologic and non pathologic was made. Primary acquired cholesteatoma originates from an attic retraction pocket and spreads to involve the posterior epitympanum posterior mesotympanum and less frequently.

Measures of the aer were done on axial. Between the third and seventh fetal months the gelatinous tissue of the middle ear cleft is gradually absorbed. Those of the pars tensa are classified as marginal or central fig. The objective of this study is to analyze the possible variations in size and shape of the aer in the ear affected by acquired cholesteatoma versus the healthy ear in the same patient.

If the perforation is marginal the position of the perforation is described as anterior inferior or. Re ses re ses a small empty space or cavity. 11 3 a according to whether the annulus of the tm forms part of the circumference of the perforation defects of the epitympanic recess pars flaccida are described as attic perforations and characterised as small or large. Called also attic and epitympanum.

At the same time the prim. Attic definition is a low story or wall above the main order of a facade in the classical styles. Posteriorly the epitympanum is in direct continuity with the mastoid antrum via the aditus ad antrum and thence the mastoid air.