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Imaging of Cholesteatoma

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Temporal Bone Imaging

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Whereas imaging of cholesteatoma was limited to CT scan a decade ago, MRI has become in the past few years an indispensable tool in the evaluation of the cholesteatoma patient as well as prior to first stage surgery in describing the exact location and extent of the cholesteatoma as well as prior to second stage surgery in selecting patients for second stage surgery. This chapter describes the different types of cholesteatoma as well as the different types of cholesteatoma surgery. Emphasis is put on current state-of-the art imaging of cholesteatoma as well in the non-operated patient as well as in the patient prior to second stage surgery.

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  1. Department of Radiology, GZA Hospitals Sint-Augustinus, Oosterveldlaan 24, 2610, Wilrijk, Belgium

    Bert De Foer, Simon Nicolay, Jan W. Casselman & Marc Pouillon

  2. Department of ENT, Heilig Hartziekenhuis, Gasthuisstraat 1, 2400, Mol, Belgium

    Jean-Philippe Vercruysse

  3. European Institute for ORL, GZA Hospitals Sint-Augustinus, Oosterveldlaan 24, 2610, Wilrijk, Belgium

    Erwin Offeciers

  4. Department of Radiology, AZ Sint-Jan AV, Ruddershove 10, 8000, Brugge, Belgium

    Jan W. Casselman

  5. University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

    Jan W. Casselman

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De Foer, B., Nicolay, S., Vercruysse, JP., Offeciers, E., Casselman, J.W., Pouillon, M. (2014). Imaging of Cholesteatoma. In: Lemmerling, M., De Foer, B. (eds) Temporal Bone Imaging. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2014_969

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