The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed by tubal dysfunction:
Ears – mastoid process (H60-H95).
- Cholesteatoma (synonym: pearl tumor) of the ear – ingrowth of multilayered keratinizing squamous epithelium into the middle ear with subsequent chronic purulent inflammation of the middle ear.
- Chronic tube ventilation disorders
- Otitis media (inflammation of the middle ear)
- Tympanic effusion (synonym: seromucotympanum) (accumulation of fluid in the middle ear (tympanum)), possibly resulting in hearing impairment (possibly associated with a developmental delay to reduced intelligence of the sick child).
- Middle ear hearing loss
- Language development delay in children
