Table 3.
Patient | Exams | Inner Ear | Vasculature | Comments |
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A1 | CT brain and petrous bone |
Bilateral CCD with narrow right internal auditory canal |
Bilateral hypoplastic ICA; enlarged vertebrobasilar system and Pcoms |
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B1 | MRI brain |
Right: Aplasia of inner ear structures (cochlea, vestibule, and semicircular canals); absent internal auditory canal Left: CCD with narrow internal auditory canal |
Hypoplastic left ICA; enlarged basilar artery |
White matter volume reduction and thin corpus callosum due to periventricular leukomalacia secondary to hypoxic-ischemic insult |
C1 | MRI brain |
Right: Aplasia of inner ear structures (cochlea, vestibule, and semicircular canals); absent internal auditory canal and vestibulocochlear nerve; facial nerve runs in an anomalous canal in the petrous bone Left : Hypoplastic cochlea with basal turn and part of the second turn present; hypoplastic vestibule and semicircular canals; normal vestibulocochlear nerve with wide internal auditory canal |
Hypoplastic left ICA Enlarged left Pcom and basilar artery; absent 6th CNs bilaterally |
Abducens cranial nerves not seen; oculomotor nerves visible |
F1 | MRI brain | Reported normal, but images not reviewed |
CCD = common cavity deformity; ICA = internal carotid artery; Pcom = posterior communicating artery; CNs = cranial nerves