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Osteodysplasia of the Temporal Bone: Up-date Concepts, Clinical Presentations and Therapeutic Options

Osteodysplasia of the temporal bone included a significant amount of osseous diseases sharing bone matrix structural and composition damage. Otospongiosis is, by far, the most frequent form of this involvement in the temporal bone. Nevertheless, fibrous dysplasia and osteogenesis imperfecta are not rare and deserve attention. In this article, the authors present a discussion about the recent concepts of those less frequent forms of osteodysplasia of temporal bone, its options of treatment, illustrated with three clinical cases.

osteodysplasia; temporal bone; fibrous dysplasia; osteogenese imperfecta


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