Narrow duplicated or triplicated internal auditory canal (3 cases and review of literature): Can we regard the separated narrow internal auditory canal as the presence of vestibulocochlear nerve fibers?

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 565-570

  Lee, Seung Young ^a   Cha, Sang Hoon ^a   Jeon, Min Hee ^a   Bae, Il Heon ^a   Han, Gi Seok ^a   Kim, Sung Jin ^a   Park, Kil Sun ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Congenital hearing loss; CT; MRI; Narrow duplicated; Separated internal auditory canal; Triplicated internal auditory canal

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; SEPARATION;

CONGENITAL HEARING LOSS; CT; HEARING LOSS; HIGH-RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NARROW DUPLICATED; NERVE FIBERS; SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS; SEPARATED INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; SMALL CANALS; TRIPLICATED INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL;

CANALS;

APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COCHLEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; EAR MALFORMATION; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; INFANT; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MALE; NARROW DUPLICATED INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; NARROW TRIPLICATED INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; NEWBORN SCREENING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL BONE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

EID: 68949125189     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31818d8ba5     Document Type: Article

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