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What is Ostmann fat pad is related to and explain in detail?
*There are small fat bodies located inferomedial to Eustachian tube. These are called Ostmann fat pads*They are impoant in normal closure of Eustachian tube and preventing transmission of nasopharyngeal pressure to the middle ear*These fat pads are absent in patulous tube syndromeRef: PL Dhingra, Diseases of Ear, Nose & Throat, 7th edition, pg no. 62