Ces radiol. 2011, 65(4):289-297

Pathologic conditions of the middle ear in computed tomography and magnetic resonance imagingReview article

Katarína Slávikova1, Zuzana Bilická2, Zuzana Kabátová3, Milan Profant3
1 I. Rádiologická klinika LF UK a UNB, Bratislava, Slovenská republika
2 Rádiológia s.r.o, Bratislava, Slovenská republika
3 I. Otorinolaryngologická klinika LF UK, UNB a SZU, Bratislava, Slovenská republika

High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is a modality of choice in diagnostic imaging of middle ear pathology and conductive hearing loss. It enables to image a detail anatomy of temporal bone, pathology of middle ear (e.g. chronic otitis media, cholesteatoma and their complications) and traumatic changes in this area. On the other hand, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enables a high resolution of soft tissue structures. It is used in imaging of soft tissue masses in middle ear cavity previously diagnosed on CT, differentiating residual disease or recurrence in postoperative ear, and in imaging of intracranial complications of acute and chronic otitis. CT and MRI are complementary imaging modalities in helping the clinicians to determine the proper strategy for patient treatment. In this article we are listing a spectrum of different pathologic conditions of inner ear.

Keywords: cholesteatoma, diffusion weighted images, glomus tumor, middle ear cavity, schwannoma

Accepted: September 15, 2011; Published: December 1, 2011  Show citation

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Slávikova K, Bilická Z, Kabátová Z, Profant M. Pathologic conditions of the middle ear in computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Ces radiol. 2011;65(4):289-297.
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