PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Katherine A. Shaffer
TI  - Comparison of Computed Tomography and Complex Motion Tomography in the Evaluation of Cholesteatoma
DP  - 1984 May 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 303--306
VI  - 5
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/5/3/303.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/5/3/303.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1984 May 01; 5
AB  - High-resolution axial and coronal computed tomographic (CT) scans were compared with coronal and sagittal complex motion tomograms in patients with suspected middle ear cholesteatomas. Information on CT scans equaled or exceeded that on conventional complex motion tomograms in 16 of 17 patients, and in 11 it provided additional information. Soft-tissue resolution was superior with CT. In 14 patients who underwent surgery, CT provided information that was valuable to the surgeon. On the basis of this study, high-resolution CT is recommended as the preferred method for evaluating most patients with cholesteatomas of the temporal bone.