IMAGING OF TEMPORAL BONE

PLAIN X-RAYS MASTOIDS

Types of mastoid aereations

Cellular

Diploic

Acellular (Sclerotic)

Normal CT temporal bone

i = internal auditory canal c = cochlea v = vestibule f = facial nerve m = malleus in = incus me = middle ear a = aditus

Normal CT temporal bone

e = external auditory
canal i = internal auditory canal v = vestibule in = incus f = facial nerve c = cochlea black arrow = oval window white arrow = stapes

Normal CT temporal bone

Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media

CT acute mastoiditis

CT mastoid abscess

CT mastoid abscess

Fistula lateral Semicircular Canal

Extradural abscess

Extradural abscess

Subdural abscess (Empyema)

Temporal lobe abscess

MRI Temporal lobe abscess

Cerebellar abscess

Mastoid abscess + Cerebellar abscess

MRI Cerebellar abscess

MRI cerebellar abscess

CT Erosion lateral sinus plate

Lateral Sinus Thrombophlebitis

CT

Subtraction Angiogram

MRI Angiogram

MRI lateral sinus thrombophlebitis

Otitic hydrocephalus

FRACTURE TEMPORAL BONE

Longitudinal #

Transverse #

Transverse Fracture Temporal bone

Longitudinal Fracture Temporal bone

CT INTERNAL AUDITORY MEATI

Normal IAM

Wide IAM

CT Acoustic Neuroma

MRI Acoustic Neuroma

MRI Acoustic Neuroma

MRI Acoustic Neuroma