Computed tomography of the middle ear in the evaluation of cholesteatomas and other soft-tissue masses: comparison with pluridirectional tomography.
Authors:
- M F MafeeMMM F Mafee
- A KumarAKA Kumar
- D A YanniasDYD A Yannias
- G E ValvassoriGVG E Valvassori
- E L ApplebaumEAE L Applebaum
- 1 August 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 148 (2) , 465-472
Abstract
Computed tomographic (CT) scans and tomograms of 60 patients with various soft-tissue masses of the middle ear, including 30 with cholesteatomas, were studied. CT produced excellent images of middle ear soft-tissue masses and appears to be the diagnostic method of choice for cholesteatomas, glomus tympanicum tumors, and other soft-tissue masses. In 1 patient CT demonstrated pneumolabyrinth resulting from postsurgical fracture of the footplate of the stapes. Pneumolabyrinth is a newly reported CT finding in stapes footplate fracture.Keywords
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