title: Magnetic resonance imaging of temporal bone and cerebellopontine angle lesions.
abstract: Lesions of the temporal bone and cerebellopontine angle present a diagnostic challenge because of the complex anatomy, multiplicity of lesions, and difficulty in imaging the dense bone of this area. Magnetic resonance imaging, a new, nonionizing imaging modality, dependent on monitoring a radiofrequency signal emitted by excited nuclei in an external magnetic field, has shown promise in imaging of the temporal bone and posterior fossa.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed