title: Imaging of pediatric temporal bone abnormalities.
abstract: Disorders involving the temporal bone in children may be associated with considerable morbidity. Hearing loss occurring during childhood may impair cognitive development and should therefore be diagnosed and treated as soon as possible. Thin section high resolution CT and MR imaging of the temporal bone provide critical information about a variety of developmental, inflammatory, traumatic, and neoplastic disorders, and are used for diagnostic purposes and to help determine therapeutic options.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Robson
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Barnes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed