Abstract
Abstract
Purpose
The association of internal auditory canal (IAC) fundal diverticula with otospongiosis (OS) and their clinical significance remain unclear. We explored whether isolated IAC diverticula were morphologically different from those with additional CT features of OS, and whether IAC diverticula morphology influenced patterns of hearing loss.
Methods
Consecutive temporal bone CT studies with (n = 978) and without (n = 306) features of OS were retrospectively assessed. Two independent observers evaluated the presence of IAC diverticula morphological features (depth, neck:depth ratio, definition of contour and angulation of shape), and these were correlated with the presence of fenestral and pericochlear OS. Audiometric profiles were analysed for the isolated IAC diverticula and those with fenestral OS alone. Continuous data was compared using Wilcoxon rank sum tests and categorical data with chi-squared and Fisher’s exact tests.
Results
Ninety-five isolated IAC diverticula were demonstrated in 54/978 patients (5.5%) without CT evidence of OS (31M, 23F, mean age 46), and 119 IAC diverticula were demonstrated in 71/306 patients (23%) with CT evidence of OS (23M, 48F, mean age 55). Reduced neck:depth ratio, ill definition and angulation were all significantly associated with the presence of pericochlear OS (p < 0.001), whilst only ill definition was associated with the presence of fenestral OS alone (p < 0.05). No morphological feature was associated with conductive hearing loss in isolated diverticula or with sensorineural hearing loss in diverticula with fenestral OS alone.
Conclusion
IAC diverticula associated with pericochlear OS demonstrate different morphological features from isolated IAC diverticula. There are no clear audiometric implications of these morphological features.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Clinical Neurology,Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
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