Advanced Imaging Techniques in Skull Base Osteomyelitis Due to Malignant Otitis Externa

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To give an up-to-date overview of the strengths and weaknesses of current imaging modalities in diagnosis and follow-up of skull base osteomyelitis (SBO). RECENT FINDINGS: CT and MRI are both used for anatomical imaging, and nuclear techniques aid in functional process imaging. Hy...

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Autores principales: van Kroonenburgh, A. M. J. L., van der Meer, W. L., Bothof, R. J. P., van Tilburg, M., van Tongeren, J., Postma, A. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2018
Materias:
ENT Imaging (A. A. Jacobi-Postma, Section Editor)
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5778178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29416952
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40134-018-0263-y
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Sumario:PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To give an up-to-date overview of the strengths and weaknesses of current imaging modalities in diagnosis and follow-up of skull base osteomyelitis (SBO). RECENT FINDINGS: CT and MRI are both used for anatomical imaging, and nuclear techniques aid in functional process imaging. Hybrid techniques PET-CT and PET-MRI are the newest modalities which combine imaging strengths. SUMMARY: No single modality is able to address the scope of SBO. A combination of functional and anatomical imaging is needed, in the case of newly suspected SBO we suggest the use of PET-MRI (T1, T2, T1-FS-GADO, DWI) and separate HRCT for diagnosis and follow-up.

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