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CT Evaluation of Bone Dehiscence of the Superior Semicircular Canal as a Cause of Sound- and/or Pressure-induced Vertigo¹

¹ From the Department of Radiology, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Tex (C.J.B.); Dr Noah Weg & Associates, Suffern, NY (N.W.); and Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (L.B.M., S.J.Z.) and Radiology (S.J.Z.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 601 N Caroline St, Rm 6253, Baltimore, MD 21287-0910. From the 1998 RSNA scientific assembly. Received May 4, 2001; revision requested July 9; final revision received July 16, 2002; accepted August 9. Address correspondence to L.B.M. (e-mail: lminor@jhmi.edu).

PURPOSE: To describe the computed tomographic (CT) findings at different collimation widths associated with superior semicircular canal (SSC) dehiscence syndrome and to determine the frequency of these findings in a control population.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Temporal bone CT scans with 1.0-mm and/or 0.5-mm collimation were obtained in 50 patients with sound- and/or pressure-induced vestibular symptoms. The control population consisted of 50 patients undergoing CT at 1.0-mm collimation and 57 patients undergoing CT at 0.5-mm collimation for other reasons.

RESULTS: SSC dehiscence was documented on CT scans in all 36 patients with the clinical syndrome, with bilateral findings in six patients. Six other patients without specific clinical signs appeared to have dehiscence on 1.0-mm-collimated scans. Intact bone overlaying the SSC was subsequently identified with 0.5-mm-collimated CT in each case. On the 1.0-mm-collimated scans in 50 control patients, an area judged as possible or definite dehiscence was identified in 18 of 100 ears. The bone overlaying the SSC was intact in each of the 114 control ears evaluated with 0.5-mm-collimated CT. CT findings from the patients with vestibular symptoms combined with those in the control population indicated that the positive predictive value of an apparent dehiscence in the diagnosis of SSC dehiscence syndrome improved from 50% with 1.0-mm-collimated CT with transverse and coronal images to 93% with 0.5-mm-collimated CT with reformation in the plane of the SSC.

CONCLUSION: The positive predictive value of CT in identification of SSC dehiscence syndrome improves with 0.5-mm-collimated helical CT and reformation in the SSC plane.

© RSNA, 2003

Index terms: Computed tomography (CT), helical, 2131.12115 • Computed tomography (CT), thin-section, 2131.12118 • Ear, abnormalities, 2131.218 • Temporal bone, abnormalities, 2131.218 • Temporal bone, CT, 2131.12115, 2131.12118

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