The lacrimo-auriculo-dento-digital (LADD) syndrome is a rare inherited disorder affecting the lacrimal, auricular, salivary, and osseous system. Only very limited data on LADD associated petrous bone lesions are available up to now. We describe a young girl suffering from the LADD syndrome with sensorineural hearing loss and inner ear dysplasia. This case suggests, that inner ear dysplasia might be a more common feature of the LADD syndrome than has been assumed so far.
MSCT imaging of the temporal bone allows for comprehensively assessing various dysplasias through high-quality two-dimensional and three-dimensional image reconstructions.
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