title: Single-shot, turbo spin-echo, diffusion-weighted imaging versus spin-echo-planar, diffusion-weighted imaging in the detection of acquired middle ear cholesteatoma.
abstract: Diagnosis of acquired middle ear cholesteatoma on MR imaging is mostly done on late postgadolinium T1-weighted MR images and/or echo-planar (EPI) diffusion-weighted (DWI) MR images. We describe the appearance of a case of a complicated attical middle ear cholesteatoma on single-shot (SS) turbo spin-echo (TSE) DWI compared with EPI-DWI. This case suggests a higher reliability of SS TSE-DWI in the diagnosis of acquired middle ear cholesteatoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, A.Z. Sint-Augustinus, Antwerp, Belgium. bert.defoer@GVAgroup.be
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: De Foer
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Vercruysse
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pilet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Michiels
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vertriest
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pouillon
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Somers
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Casselman
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Offeciers
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018424:Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003287:Contrast Media; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D017352:Echo-Planar Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D005682:Gadolinium; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007188:Incus / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012665:Semicircular Canals / Q000473:pathology; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D005682:Gadolinium