RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Dermoids of the eustachian tube: CT and MR findings with histologic correlation.
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 663
OP 668
VO 16
IS 4
A1 S S Kollias
A1 W S Ball, Jr
A1 E C Prenger
A1 C M Myers, 3rd
YR 1995
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/16/4/663.abstract
AB Two patients with congenital dermoids of the eustachian tube presented with recurrent otitis media and chronic otorrhea resistant to antimicrobial therapy. CT demonstrated fat density, homogeneous lesions, filling and expanding the eustachian tube. On MR, signal from the lesions was consistent with fat, and the relationship with the internal carotid artery was better delineated than by CT. Microscopically, the masses consisted of a conglomeration of ectodermal and mesodermal elements.