Current Trends in Radiological Diagnostics and Treatment of the Temporal Bone Pyramid Pathologies
Yernarova M. Kaliyev B. Dautov T.
2024National Scientific Medical Center
Journal of Clinical Medicine of Kazakhstan
2024#21Issue 46 - 13 pp.
Diseases of the middle ear and the temporal bone pyramid remain among the most common diseases in the structure of otorhinolaryngological pathologies, significantly impacting the quality of patients’ life. Exudative processes and their consequences become one of the main causes of persistent hearing loss and are characterized by an asymptomatic course. Timely and complete diagnosis and high-quality follow-up are leading to preventing the development of conductive hearing loss and other complications. Purpose of the study. To study the main predisposing factors, methods of radiological diagnosis, and dynamic observation of patients, as well as some modern aspects of treating the most common pathologies of the temporal bone pyramid. Methodology. We analyzed open-access sources f rom scientific databases such as Scopus, PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science, DisserCat, and CyberLeninka. Keywords used for the search: “chronic otitis media,” “cholesteatoma,” “mastoiditis,” “complications,” “magnetic resonance imaging,” “DWI,” and “computed tomography.” Publications included in the literature review were full-text articles in English and Russian and dissertations in Russian. Exclusion criteria: brief reports, newspaper articles, and personal communications. The search range was five years (2018-2023). A total of 114 sources were analyzed, of which 48 met the research objectives and inclusion criteria. Results and conclusions. In diagnosing temporal bone pathologies, computed tomography is the gold standard for diagnosis, but non-ionizing research techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging are increasingly used. In treating complicated diseases, endoscopic and laser correction methods are used in foreign practice, helping to reduce the risk of recurrence and postoperative complications.
cholesteatoma , chronic otitis media , computed tomography , magnetic resonance imaging , treatment
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Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, “University Medical Center” Corporate Fund, Astana, Kazakhstan
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