Application of high resolution computer tomography in external ear canal cholesteatoma diagnosis

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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.
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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)