title: Postmeningitic labyrinthine ossification primarily affecting the semicircular canals.
abstract: In a series of six cochlear-implant candidates, including three small children, labyrinthine ossification in various stages of development was observed at CT. In four of the candidates the ossifying process was more advanced in the semicircular canals than in the cochleae, and in two equally distributed. The ossifying process developed during a period of 4-5 months in two of the children. Asymmetry of its extension was found in four patients. The causative organisms were Hemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae. The radiologic assessment of cochlear-implant candidates should include the semicircular canals where the ossification may start, and herald the development of cochlear ossification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Södersjukhuset, Ringvägen 52, S-118 83 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Muren
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bredberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007759:Labyrinth Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D012665:Semicircular Canals / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed