The prevalence and significance of incidental middle ear and mastoid cavity abnormalities on MRI in a pediatric population


BALCI A., Sangun O., OKUYUCU Ş., KARAZİNCİR S., AKOĞLU E., Altintas Y., ...More

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, vol.72, no.12, pp.1849-1854, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 72 Issue: 12
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2008.09.015
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1849-1854
  • Keywords: Incidental finding, Magnetic resonance imaging, Mastoid, Middle ear, Pediatrics, CLINICAL-SIGNIFICANCE, TEMPORAL BONES, RESONANCE, EFFUSION, CHILDREN, TYMPANOMETRY, DIAGNOSIS, DISEASE
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective: The purposes of this study were to determine the prevalence of abnormalities in the middle ear and mastoid cavity on the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in children and correlate the results with clinical. data, tympanometric findings and paranasal sinus changes.