Presentation
As the fracture can sometimes involve the ossicles, inner ear and facial nerve, symptoms such as hearing loss, vertigo, balance disturbance, or facial paralysis may be present. [radiopaedia.org]
Neurologic
- Meningism
Complications facial nerve involvement facial nerve palsy ossicular chain disruption otic capsule involvement vertigo and sensorineural hearing loss cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) disruption CSF otorrhea or CSF rhinorrhea meningitis post-traumatic cholesteatoma [radiopaedia.org]
- Vertigo
As the fracture can sometimes involve the ossicles, inner ear and facial nerve, symptoms such as hearing loss, vertigo, balance disturbance, or facial paralysis may be present. [radiopaedia.org]
Treatment
[…] and prognosis Treatment is based on managing facial nerve injury, hearing loss, vestibular dysfunction, and CSF leakage. [radiopaedia.org]
Prognosis
[…] glenoid fossa 8 in the intracranial cavity (pneumocephalus) in the soft tissues of the infratemporal or temporal fossae fluid opacification within the temporal bone in the mastoid air cells in the middle ear in the external auditory canal Treatment and prognosis [radiopaedia.org]