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We hereby report a case of bilateral malleus ankylosis with stapes fixation in a 9 year old female patient who presented with complain of bilateral hearing loss. Clinically it is indicative of being a case of congenital conductive hearing loss, without vertigo or tinnitus, and with a normal otoscopic examination. HRCT Temporal bone is the main modality of visualization of ossicles in such cases. However the diagnosis is confirmed during surgery (exploratory tympanotomy). The surgery involved right malleus head release with stapedotomy with malleus to vestibule prosthesis under general anaesthesia. The results were good with a gain of 21.66 Db. The patient was satisfied with no post operative complications.
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