Abstract
The growth of a middle ear cholesteatoma behind a normal tympanic membrane is a rate though possible event. In such cases, CT may provide useful information for diagnosis. The results are presented of a CT study carried out on 14 patients affected with unilateral conductive hearing loss and with normal tympanic membrane. CT allowed the diagnosis of meddle ear cholesteatoma to be made in all cases. All patients were treated with surgery: 8 of them underwent tympanoplasty and 6 explorative tympanotomy. While the diagnosis of cholesteatoma was confirmed in 13 patients, in 1 case tympanosclerosis was diagnosed. CT diagnosis of middle ear cholesteatoma is based on the demonstration of a low-density soft-tissue mass, in association with bone erosion or ossicular dislocation. The author emphasizes the difficulty of a CT diagnosis of cholesteatoma in the patients with middle ear soft-tissue masses in the absence of bone alterations.
Ettorre, G C
[1]
- Bari Univ. (Italy). Ist. Radiologia
Citation Formats
Ettorre, G C.
Computed tomography of middle ear cholesteatomas without tympanic membrane perforation. La Tomografia Computerizzata nei colesteatomi dell'orecchio medio a timpano chiuso.
Italy: N. p.,
1991.
Web.
Ettorre, G C.
Computed tomography of middle ear cholesteatomas without tympanic membrane perforation. La Tomografia Computerizzata nei colesteatomi dell'orecchio medio a timpano chiuso.
Italy.
Ettorre, G C.
1991.
"Computed tomography of middle ear cholesteatomas without tympanic membrane perforation. La Tomografia Computerizzata nei colesteatomi dell'orecchio medio a timpano chiuso."
Italy.
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title = {Computed tomography of middle ear cholesteatomas without tympanic membrane perforation. La Tomografia Computerizzata nei colesteatomi dell'orecchio medio a timpano chiuso}
author = {Ettorre, G C}
abstractNote = {The growth of a middle ear cholesteatoma behind a normal tympanic membrane is a rate though possible event. In such cases, CT may provide useful information for diagnosis. The results are presented of a CT study carried out on 14 patients affected with unilateral conductive hearing loss and with normal tympanic membrane. CT allowed the diagnosis of meddle ear cholesteatoma to be made in all cases. All patients were treated with surgery: 8 of them underwent tympanoplasty and 6 explorative tympanotomy. While the diagnosis of cholesteatoma was confirmed in 13 patients, in 1 case tympanosclerosis was diagnosed. CT diagnosis of middle ear cholesteatoma is based on the demonstration of a low-density soft-tissue mass, in association with bone erosion or ossicular dislocation. The author emphasizes the difficulty of a CT diagnosis of cholesteatoma in the patients with middle ear soft-tissue masses in the absence of bone alterations.}
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title = {Computed tomography of middle ear cholesteatomas without tympanic membrane perforation. La Tomografia Computerizzata nei colesteatomi dell'orecchio medio a timpano chiuso}
author = {Ettorre, G C}
abstractNote = {The growth of a middle ear cholesteatoma behind a normal tympanic membrane is a rate though possible event. In such cases, CT may provide useful information for diagnosis. The results are presented of a CT study carried out on 14 patients affected with unilateral conductive hearing loss and with normal tympanic membrane. CT allowed the diagnosis of meddle ear cholesteatoma to be made in all cases. All patients were treated with surgery: 8 of them underwent tympanoplasty and 6 explorative tympanotomy. While the diagnosis of cholesteatoma was confirmed in 13 patients, in 1 case tympanosclerosis was diagnosed. CT diagnosis of middle ear cholesteatoma is based on the demonstration of a low-density soft-tissue mass, in association with bone erosion or ossicular dislocation. The author emphasizes the difficulty of a CT diagnosis of cholesteatoma in the patients with middle ear soft-tissue masses in the absence of bone alterations.}
journal = []
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journal type = {AC}
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year = {1991}
month = {Jan}
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