摘要
Objective:ToevaluateHighResolutionComputerTomography(HRCT)inthediagnosisofexternalearcanalcholesteatoma.Methods:Inthisretrospectivestudy,HRCTsof27patientswithexternalearcanalcholesteatomawerereviewed.Thechangesintheexternalearcanal,tympanicmembrane(TM),scutum,tympanumandmastoidweremeasuredandcategorized.Results:Fourteenpatientsshowednoormilddestructionintheexternalearcanal(stageIgroup).Eightpatientshadobviousenlargementintheexternalearcanal(stageIIgroup)butshowedlimiteddestructionsofthemastoidboneandnodamageofthetympanums.Fivepatientshadseriousdestructionofthemastoidboneanddamageofthetympanum(stageIIIgroup).AllpatientsinthestageIIIgroupshowedacompressionofmanubriumsandTMs,with3havingdamagesonossicularchain.BonedestructionoftheverticalsectionoffacialnervecanalwasdiscoveredinonecaseinthestageIIIgroup.Conclusion:HRCTcanprovidedetailinformationabouttheextentofexternalearcanalcholesteatoma.Suchinformationcanbeusedtoidentifyspecialsituationswithseriouscomplicationsandtodifferentiateexternalearcanalcholesteatomafrommiddleearcholesteatoma.
出版日期
2018年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)