Localized Pericochlear Hypoattenuating Foci at Temporal-Bone Thin-Section CT in Pediatric Patients: Nonpathologic Differential Diagnostic Entity?

Radiology

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 88-92

  Pekkola, Johanna ^a   Pitkäranta, Anne ^a   Jappel, Alexandra ^b   Czerny, Christian ^b   Baumgartner, Wolf Dieter ^b   Heliövaara, Markku ^c   Robinson, Soraya ^a,b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), in infants and children; Ear, anatomy; Ear, CT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHILD; COCHLEA; COCHLEA FENESTRA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; OTOSCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPORAL BONE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0347479224     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2301021111     Document Type: Article

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