Bilateral Mandibular Condylar Fractures with Associated External Auditory Canal Fractures and Otorrhagia

Abstract

A 19-year-old female fell 20 feet from a roof and presented with a complete laceration of the lower lip and bilateral otorrhagia. A maxillofacial computed tomography (CT) exam (Fig. The right TMJ fracture was at the condylar neck. The left TMJ fracture was within the intracapsular portion of the condyle. There was lateral displacement of the left TMJ. There were comminuted fractures of the anterior walls of both external auditory canals (EAC) with acute blood in the canals (Fig. The EAC fracture fragments were more inferiorly and posteriorly displaced on the left (Fig.