title: Radiological Findings of Michel Aplasia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Congenital abnormalities of the inner ear is the most common cause of neurosensory hearing loss. Michel inner ear deformity is a rare developmental anomaly refers to the total aplasia of the inner ear. It is caused by developmental arrest of otic placode early during the third week of gestational age.
  
  
  METHODS
  We have discussed here that three year old girl diagnosed Michel aplasia with temporal bone computed tomography (CT) and temporal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Radiology Department, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Umul
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Radiology Department, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Demirtas
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Radiology Department, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet Orhan
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Celik
keywords: aplasia; imaging findings; neurosensory; otic placode