The Measurements of Cochlear and Vestibular Aqueducts in Computed Tomography |
Hong-Chul Kim, MD, Young-Il Seo, MD, Kwang-Sun Lee, MD, and Kwang-Chol Chu, MD |
Department of Otolaryngology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Meidicine, Seoul, Korea |
전산화단층촬영을 이용한 와우 및 전정도수관의 계측 |
김홍철 · 서영일 · 이광선 · 추광철 |
울산대학교 의과대학 서울중앙병원 이비인후과학교실 |
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ABSTRACT |
Cochlear aqueduct(CA) and vestibular aqueduct(VA) are the components of perilymphatic and endolymphatic systems respectively. Whether their radiologic findings correlate with the clinical findings remains a controversy. The authors measured CA and VA in the axial planes of computed tomography(CT) in patients with sensorineural hearing loss, vertigo, temporal bone fracture, conductive hearing loss, and chronic otitis media by the three parameters such as length, width at midpoint, and width at aperture. The differences between the affected ear
and the unaffected ear in each disease of the ear were statistically insignificant. We conclude that we could find no correlation of the clinical finding of the disease of the ear with CA and VA in CT.
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Keywords:
Cochlear aqueductㆍVestibular aqueductㆍComputed tomography. |
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