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ArticleInternational journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology2020

Abnormal cochleovestibular anatomy and imaging: Lack of consistency across quality of images, sequences obtained, and official reports.

Danielle M Gillard, Nathaniel A Chuang, John L Go, Elina Kari

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Article in International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Danielle M GillardOtolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
Nathaniel A ChuangDepartment of Radiology, Rady Children's Hospital, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
John L GoDiagnostic Radiology, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Elina KariOtolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA; Caruso Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of University Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: ekari@ucsd.edu.
University of California San Diego · USUniversity of Southern California · US

Funding

UC San Diego Clinical and Translational Research InstituteUL1TR001442 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI FIRESTEIN, GARY S, HOGARTH, MICHAEL · 2015 to 2024
$88.3M
UC San Diego Clinical and Translational Research InstituteTL1TR001443 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI DEPP, COLIN A. · 2015 to 2019
$3.4M
San Diego Clinical and Translational Research InstituteTL1TR000098 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI FIRESTEIN, GARY S · 2012 to 2014
$860k
NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR000098NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR001443NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001442
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThere are significant variations across centers on how to acquire and interpret imaging of children with congenital sensorineural hearing loss and cochleovestibular abnormalities. This study assesses the quality of imaging, sequences included, and accuracy of official radiology reports, to determine if these children are being assessed appropriately.

methodsThis study is retrospective review of CTs and MRIs from 40 pediatric patients diagnosed with profound sensorineural hearing loss and cochleovestibular structure/nerve abnormalities presenting to a tertiary referral academic center. Images were reviewed by two experienced neuroradiologists and a neurotologist. Findings were compared to official reports, when available.

resultsTwelve (30%) patients had an MRI only, while 28 (70%) had both an MRI and a CT. There were 3 (10.7%) CTs and 7 (17.5%) MRIs noted to be of poor quality. Children received an average of 6.8 (±2.7) CT acquisitions and 10.9 (±5.7) MRI acquisitions. There was non-concordance between the official report and expert review for 27 (71.1%) ears on CT and 27 (56.3%) ears on MRI.

conclusionsThese data demonstrate high variability in protocols and quality of medical imaging of children with sensorineural hearing loss. Interpretation of images is highly discordant between official reports and tertiary review. Given these results, we recommend that these children be imaged and evaluated at centers with neuroradiologists who are experienced in interpreting congenital abnormalities of the cochleovestibular system.

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AdolescentChildChild, PreschoolCochleaFemaleHearing Loss, SensorineuralHumansInfantMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesTertiary Care CentersTomography, X-Ray ComputedVestibule, LabyrinthCochlear implantRadiologySensorineural hearing loss

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PMID32278987
PMCPMC7297603
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