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ArticleCureus2026

Pediatric Jugular Bulb Anomalies: Management Insights From Two Cases.

Shawky Francis, Raanan Cohen-Kerem

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Article in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Shawky FrancisEar, Nose, Throat (ENT), Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, ISR.
Raanan Cohen-KeremOtolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, ISR.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Jugular bulb anomalies are rare but important causes of pediatric conductive hearing loss. These variants can disrupt ossicular mechanics or alter middle ear function and may persist despite tympanostomy tube placement. We report two cases: a five-year-old boy with unilateral conductive hearing loss due to high-riding bulb, managed conservatively, and an eight-year-old boy with persistent conductive hearing loss post-tympanostomy, in whom intraoperative hemorrhage occurred during middle ear exploration due to jugular bulb dehiscence.

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conductive hearing losshemorrhagehigh riding jugular bulbjugular bulb anomaliestympanostomy tube

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PMID42713172
PMCPMC13552631

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