patulous eustachian tube
MONDO:0001508Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names patulous eustachian tube yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A eustachian tube disorder with a wider eustachian tube which allows a larger bolus of bacteria-laden material from the nasopharynx during an infection to enter the middle ear, causing a more fulminant infection.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0001508), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of