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Title: Magnetic resonance imaging and computerized tomography in malignant external otitis

Abstract

In malignant external otitis (MEO), determining the anatomic extent of disease and evaluating the physiologic response to therapy remain a problem. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has recently become available in limited clinical settings. Four patients with MEO were evaluated using MRI, computerized tomography (CT), technetium-99 (Tc-99) bone scanning, and gallium-67 citrate (Ga-67 citrate) scanning. MRI is superior to CT, Tc-99 bone scanning, and Ga-67 citrate scanning in evaluating the anatomic extent of soft tissue changes in MEO. MRI alone cannot be relied upon to determine the physiologic response to therapy. MRI can, however, serve as a valuable guide to the interpretation of Tc-99 bone and Ga-67 citrate scans, and in this respect, MRI is extremely useful in the treatment of MEO.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sutter Hospital, Sacramento, CA
OSTI Identifier:
5578509
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Laryngoscope; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; SENSE ORGANS DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS; SKELETON; IMAGE PROCESSING; AUDITORY ORGANS; GALLIUM 67; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATIENTS; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; TECHNETIUM 99; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DISEASES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; GALLIUM ISOTOPES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; PROCESSING; RADIOISOTOPES; RESONANCE; SENSE ORGANS; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; 550600* - Medicine; 550602 - Medicine- External Radiation in Diagnostics- (1980-); 550601 - Medicine- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics

Citation Formats

Gherini, S G, Brackmann, D E, and Bradley, W G. Magnetic resonance imaging and computerized tomography in malignant external otitis. United States: N. p., 1986. Web. doi:10.1288/00005537-198605000-00014.
Gherini, S G, Brackmann, D E, & Bradley, W G. Magnetic resonance imaging and computerized tomography in malignant external otitis. United States. https://doi.org/10.1288/00005537-198605000-00014
Gherini, S G, Brackmann, D E, and Bradley, W G. 1986. "Magnetic resonance imaging and computerized tomography in malignant external otitis". United States. https://doi.org/10.1288/00005537-198605000-00014.
@article{osti_5578509,
title = {Magnetic resonance imaging and computerized tomography in malignant external otitis},
author = {Gherini, S G and Brackmann, D E and Bradley, W G},
abstractNote = {In malignant external otitis (MEO), determining the anatomic extent of disease and evaluating the physiologic response to therapy remain a problem. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has recently become available in limited clinical settings. Four patients with MEO were evaluated using MRI, computerized tomography (CT), technetium-99 (Tc-99) bone scanning, and gallium-67 citrate (Ga-67 citrate) scanning. MRI is superior to CT, Tc-99 bone scanning, and Ga-67 citrate scanning in evaluating the anatomic extent of soft tissue changes in MEO. MRI alone cannot be relied upon to determine the physiologic response to therapy. MRI can, however, serve as a valuable guide to the interpretation of Tc-99 bone and Ga-67 citrate scans, and in this respect, MRI is extremely useful in the treatment of MEO.},
doi = {10.1288/00005537-198605000-00014},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5578509}, journal = {Laryngoscope; (United States)},
number = 5,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986},
month = {Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986}
}