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Features of moderately retracted tympanic membrane are all except
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The correct answer is  Retracted tympanic membrane It appears dull and lus treless. Cone of light is absent or interrupted. Handle of malleus appears foreshoened. Lateral process of malleus becomes more prominent. Anterior and posterior malleal folds become sickle shaped. A retracted tympanic membrane is the result of negative intratympanic pressure when the eustachian tube is blocked. Ref:- Dhingra; pg num:-55