title: Congenital malformations of the ear.
abstract: Either CT or pluridirectional tomography is capable of demonstrating bony anomalies of the ear. For a variety of reasons, high-resolution "bone algorithm" CT is used as the first imaging procedure at our institution, and pluridirectional tomography is done only on rare occasion, usually when there is an ambiguity on the CT images.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Curtin
mesh_terms: D001848:Bone Diseases, Developmental / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004423:Ear / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods