Ostmann's fat pad

The Ostmann fat pads (also known as Ostmann fatty bodies) are located inferomedial to the Eustachian tubes and are thought to be important in normal closure, preventing transmission of nasopharyngeal pressure to the middle ear. Failure to visualize this thin triangular fat pad is a feature of patulous tube syndrome.

History and etymology

Named after (Friedrich Wilhelm) Paul Ostmann, German otologist (1859-1945) who described his eponymous fat pads in 1893 .

Siehe auch:

• Tuba auditiva Eustachii
• Klaffende Tuba auditiva Eustachii