A prospective computed tomographic and complex-motion tomographic evaluation was performed in 18 suspected or proven cases of otosclerosis. Although there was good agreement between both methods, there was no greater diagnostic accuracy with computed tomography. However, computed tomography demonstrated the changes better than complex-motion tomography.

We report the case of a 51-year-old woman with multiple otologic and vestibular symptoms. She presented two different types tinnitus in her right ear, vertigo, fluctuating aural symptoms left ear. also complained disequilibrium; chronic headache; hyperhidrosis; amenorrhea; insomnia; broadened hands feet; widened, thickened, stubby fingers. The patient underwent careful collection medical histor...

Dr. Donald Cheek has been interested in body growth and composition for many years and in 1968 published Human Growth. To gain information specifically about fetal growth and immediate postnatal growth Dr. Cheek turned to a primate, Macaca mulatta. A series of extensive and rigorous investigations on prenatal growth, especially of the brain, has been performed by Dr. Cheek and his many collabor...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Prior descriptions of imaging after failed stapes procedures for otosclerosis predated currently available CT technology and/or failed to assess commonly used metallic implants. The purpose of this study was to correlate temporal bone CT findings with clinically and intraoperatively determined causes of surgical failure. MATERIALS AND METHODS All patients with otosclero...

The aim of this study was to determine if a relationship exists between bone level thresholds and the extension of otosclerotic foci within the otic capsule. The study consisted of a retrospective case review in a university hospital. We included patients who underwent surgery for otosclerosis in our department and who had a CT scan prior to surgery. We analyzed the data charts and CT scans of ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of piston diameter in primary stapedotomy for otosclerosis patients measured by hearing outcome. DATA SOURCES PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library. REVIEW METHODS A systematic search was conducted. Studies reporting original data on the effect of piston diameter on pure-tone audiometric results in patients undergoing primary stapedotomy for otosclerosis ...

The histopathology of otosclerosis is described in detail in classical textbooks like Schuknecht's Histopathology of the Ear or Friedmann and Arnold's Pathology of the Ear. In this article, some of the important and new facts will be summarized which might affect the understanding of the pathomechanism of this unique measles-virus-associated inflammatory disease of the temporal bone.