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Axial CT images in two different patients demonstrate canal wall-up mastoidectomy (A) and canal wall-down mastoidectomy (B). The posterior wall of the external auditory is preserved in canal wall-up mastoidectomy (arrow in A). The mastoidectomy cavity is filled with soft tissue density (stars in B). CT, computed tomography.
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Abnormalities of the temporal bone in children may be associated with important morbidity. Congenital, undiagnosed hearing loss occurring can impair normal cognitive development and should therefore be diagnosed and treated as soon as possible. The most common indication of temporal bone imaging in childhood is congenital hearing loss. Both high-re...
