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. 2017 Apr 6;4(2):ofx069. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofx069

Table 2.

Imaging and Surgery Details

Pt Clinical Diagnosis CT Findings Note MRI Findings Note Surgery Indications Surgical Findings Timing
(Days)
Operation Outcome 30 Weeks Outcome
1 Otomastoiditis Tegmen tympani dehiscence CT brain
Without contrast
Day 1
Unremarkable MRI brain
With contrast
Day 8
Tegmen tympani dehiscence Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Mastoid erosion
15 Survived Survived
2 CSOM Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Mastoid erosion
CT ear
Without contrast
Day 8
Unremarkable MRI brain
With contrast
Day 9
Tegmen tympani dehiscence Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Mastoid erosion
17 Survived Survived
3 AOM Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Meningoencephalocele
Cholesteatoma
CT brain
Without contrast
Day 1
Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Mastoid erosion
MRI brain
With contrast
Day 11
Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Meningoencephalocele
Cholesteatoma
Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Mastoid erosion
Meningoencephalocele
Cholesteatoma
30 Survived Deceased (no relapse)
4 Otomastoiditis Unremarkable CT ear
Without contrast
Day 11
Not performed Otomastoiditis Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Mastoid erosion
17 Survived Survived
5 AOM Unremarkable CT brain
Without contrast
Day 1
Unremarkable MRI brain
With contrast
Day 21
AOM Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Meningoencephalocele
45 Survived Survived
6 Otomastoiditis Unremarkable CT right ear
Without contrast
Day 7
Unremarkable MRI brain
With contrast
Day 21
Otomastoiditis Cholesteatoma 28 Survived Deceased (no relapse)
7 Otomastoiditis Unremarkable CT brain
Without contrast
Day 1
Not performed Otomastoiditis Tegmen tympani dehiscence 14 Survived Survived
8 Otomastoiditis + right temporal abscess Tegmen tympani dehiscence CT brain
Without contrast
Day 1
Right temporal abscess MRI brain
With contrast
Day 21
Tegmen tympani dehiscence + temporal abscess Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Mastoid erosion
Meningoencephalocele
60 Survived Survived
9 Otomastoiditis + right temporal abscess Unremarkable CT brain
Without contrast
Day 5
Right temporal abscess MRI brain
With contrast
Day 19
Otomastoiditis + temporal abscess Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Cholesteatoma
28 Survived Survived
10 Unremarkable Otomastoiditis CT brain
Without contrast
Day 1
Unremarkable MRI brain
With contrast
Day 3
Otomastoiditis Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Meningoencephalocele
10 Survived Survived
11 CSOM Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Cholesteatoma
CT ear
Without contrast
Day 7
Not performed Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Cholesteatoma
Cholesteatoma 60 Survived Survived
12 AOM Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Cholesteatoma
CT ear
Without contrast
Day 4
Not performed Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Cholesteatoma
Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Cholesteatoma
Survived Unknown
13 Unremarkable Tegmen tympani dehiscence CT head and face
Without contrast
Day 9
Unremarkable MRI brain
With contrast
Day 10
Tegmen tympani dehiscence Unremarkable 10 Deceased Deceased
14 Unremarkable Otomastoiditis CT head and face
Without contrast
Day 7
Not performed Otomastoiditis Unremarkable 21 Survived Survived
15 AOM Tegmen tympani dehiscence CT ear
Without contrast
Day 7
Not performed Tegmen tympani dehiscence Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Meningoencephalocele
6 Survived Survived
16 Cholesteatoma Cholesteatoma CT brain
Without contrast
Day 1
Unremarkable MRI brain
With contrast
Day 18
Cholesteatoma Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Cholesteatoma
21 Survived Survived
17 Otomastoiditis Cholesteatoma CT brain
With contrast
Day 5
Not performed Cholesteatoma Cholesteatoma 55 Decead Deceased (no relapse)
18 Otomastoiditis Tegmen tympani dehiscence CT brain
Without contrast
Day 1
Mastoid erosion MRI brain
With contrast
Day 15
Tegmen tympani dehiscence Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Mastoid erosion
Meningoencephalocele
21 Survived Survived
19 AOM Unremarkable CT brain and ear
With contrast
Day 3
Unremarkable MRI brain
With contrast
Day 21
AOM Unremarkable. 27 Survived Unknown
20 CSOM Cholesteatoma CT brain
Without contrast
Day 1
Unremarkable MRI brain
With contrast
Day 11
CSOM Cholesteatoma 16 Survived Deceased (no relapse)
21 CSOM Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Mastoid erosion
Cholesteatoma
CT ear
Without contrast
Day 8
Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Cholesteatoma
MRI brain
With contrast
13
Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Mastoid erosion
Cholesteatoma
Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Mastoid erosion
Cholesteatoma
27 Survived Survived
22 Unremarkable Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Mastoid erosion
Cholesteatoma
CT temporal bone
Without contrast
Day 1
Tegmentympani dehiscence
Mastoid erosion
Cholesteatoma
MRI brain and petrous bone
With contrast
Day 2
Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Mastoid erosion
Cholesteatoma
Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Mastoid erosion
Cholesteatoma
3 Survived Survived
23 AOM Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Cholesteatoma
CT ear
Without contrast
Day 5
Not performed Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Cholesteatoma
Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Meningoencephalocele
Cholesteatoma
60 Survived Survived
24 Cholesteatoma Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Cholesteatoma
CT brain
Without contrast
Day 1
Mastoid erosion
Thrombophlebitis
MRI brain
With contrast
Day 2
Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Cholesteatoma
Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Mastoid erosion
Cholesteatoma
3 Survived Survived
25 Liquoral fistula Cerebrospinal fluid fistula CT head and face
With contrast
Day 3
Not performed Liquoral fistula Tegmen tympani dehiscence
Liquoral fistula
5 Survived Survived
26 Unremarkable Tegmen tympani dehiscence CT brain
Without contrast
Day 1
Not performed Tegmen tympani dehiscence Tegmen tympani dehiscence 21 Survived Survived

Abbreviations: AOM, acute otitis media; CSOM, chronic suppurative otitis media; CT, computed tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; Pt, patient.