Congenital Absence of Stapes Footplate: Enhanced Characterization With Photon Counting Detector CT.

Khandalavala, Karl R; Daher, Ghazal S; Lane, John I; Carlson, Matthew L · Laryngoscope · 2025

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report the presentation and management of a unique case of bilateral congenitally absent stapes footplates, with an open vestibule, in a pediatric patient. This case adds to the few prior reports of this rare anomaly and highlights the advanced diagnostic imaging capability of the Photon Counting Detector CT (PCD-CT).

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