PMID: 6970190Jan 1, 1981Paper

Radiologic evaluation of the cerebellopontine cistern and the internal auditory canal

Head & Neck Surgery
S M O'Connor, J F Sackett

Abstract

Radiologic evaluation of patients with unilateral sensorineural hearing loss depends on the quality of the computed tomographic (CT) scanner. Two scanners were evaluated in the present study: one utilizing thick collimation (10- and 13-mm sections) and the second utilizing thin collimation (1.5-mm sections). In both evaluations, intravenous contrast medium was used to exclude a cerebellopontine angle mass. If the cerebellopontine cistern is normal and there is clinical evidence of an intracanalicular lesion, air or metrizamide CT is used. When 10- and 13-mm sections are used, air provides the best contrast with overlapping sections. When 1.5-mm sections are used, coronal CT shows metrizamide in the internal auditory canal.

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