title: The otodystrophies: diagnosis and differential diagnosis.
abstract: The imaging evaluation of hearing loss is usually focused on inflammatory entities, especially chronic otitis/ cholesteatoma and cerebellopontine angles lesions, particularly acoustic tumors. This discussion concerns several developmental and acquired entities. The developmental entities referred to as the otodystrophies include otosclerosis, Paget's disease, fibrous dysplasia, and osteogenisis imperfecta. Otosyphilis and postradiation temporal bone changes are also included because of the overlapping imaging appearances.
authors.affiliation: swartzjd@aol.com
authors.forename: Joel D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Swartz
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004429:Ear Ossicles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005357:Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010013:Osteogenesis Imperfecta / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010040:Otosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013587:Syphilis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography