CT of the ear in Pendred syndrome
CT of the ear in Pendred syndrome
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DOI:
10.1148/radiol.2352031583
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发表时间:
2005-05-01
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影响因子:
19.7
通讯作者:
Bishara, N
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作者:
Goldfeld, M;Glaser, B;Bishara, N
PURPOSE: To prospectively determine the structural anomalies of the inner ear by using thin-section computed tomography (CT) in an extended family wit Pendred syndrome.MATERIALS and METHODS: Ethics committee approved the study and informed consent was obtained from every patient or from parents of patients under legal age. Twelve patients (three females and nine males aged 7-47 years) with Pendred syndrome (all from the same ethnic isolate and with the same mutation in the PDS gene) were evaluated for inner-ear malformation at thin-section CT. Both ears were evaluated. Presence or absence of interscalar septum between upper and middle turns of the cochlea was evaluated, and vestibule and vesitbular aqueduct were examined for enlargement. Modiolus was determined to be present or absent (modiolar deficiency). CT scans were evaluated in consenus buy two radiologists (M.G., J.M.G.).RESULTS: All patients had inner ear malformation on both sides. Modiolus was absent and vestibule was enlarged on both sides in all 12- patients. Interscalar septum was absent in 18 (7%) of 24 ears. In eights patients, interscalar septum was absent in both ears, whereas in two patients, it was absent on only one side. Aqueduct was enlarged in 20 (80%) of 24 ears. In nine patients, both ears had enlarged aqueducts, while in two patients, only one side was abnormal.CONCLUSION: Inner ear malformation is an invariable finding in Pendred syndrome. Modiolus deficiency and vestibular enlargement were the most consistent anomalies in this population with Pendred syndrome. (C) RSNA, 2005.