Table 1.

Sensitivity and specificity of DW imaging for acquired cholesteatoma: comparison of our study with other groups

Author	Cases	Technique of DW	Sensitivity	Specificity	NPV	PPV
Vercruysse et al. [26]	55	EPI DW	81	100	100	40
Khan et al. [28]	15	EPI DW	83	100	–
Foer et al. [25]	57	TSE DW	82.6	87.2	96	56.5
Our study	20	TSE DW	92.86	100	100	85

PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value