Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-m8qmq Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-20T04:02:13.423Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

CT air meatography: review of side effects in 60 patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

I. M. Smith ,
L. W. Turnbull ,
R. J. Sellar  and
J. A. M. Murray
I. M. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of OtolaryngologyThe Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
L. W. Turnbull*
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Radiology, The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
R. J. Sellar
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Radiology, The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
J. A. M. Murray
Affiliation:
Department of OtolaryngologyThe Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
*
Dr L. W. Turnbull, Department of Medical Radiology, The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Sixty patients investigated for a suspected acoustic neuroma were questioned on the side effects of CT air meatography, a minimum of three months following the procedure. Twelve per cent of patients found the procedure itself so painful that a repeat examination would only be contemplated under general anaesthesia. Only 20 per cent of patients were asymptomatic after the procedure while 28 per cent of patients required bed rest for 24 hours or more (average 4.4±2.8 days). Sixty-two per cent of patients took three days or longer to return to normal health.

The duration and frequency of side effects is greater than previously reported, and emphasizes the need for full investigation of these patients prior to CT air meatography.

Type
Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 103 , Issue 2 , February 1989 , pp. 173 - 174
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Anderson, R., Diehl, J., Maravilla, K., Fancher, J. and Schaefer, S. (1981) Computerised axial tomography with air contrast of the cerebellopontine angle and internal auditory canal. Laryngoscope, 91: 1083–1099.Google ScholarPubMed
Daniels, D. L., Herfkins, R., Koehler, P. R., Millen, S. J., Shaffer, K. A., Williams, A. L. and Haughton, V. M. (1984) MRI of the internal auditory canal. Radiology, 151: 105–108.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Davis, K. R., Parker, S. W., New, P. F. J., Roberson, G. H., Taveras, J. M., Ojemann, R. J. and Weiss, A. D. (1977) Computerised tomography of acoustic neuroma. Radiology, 124: 81–86.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Greenberger, R., Khangure, M. S. and Chakera, T. M. H. (1987) The morbidity of CT air meatography: A follow up of 84 patients. Clinical Radiology, 38: 535–536.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Khangure, M. S. and Dolan, K. D. (1983) High resolution CT air cisternography in the diagnosis of small acoustic neuromas. Head and Neck Surgery, 5: 489–494.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Kricheff, I. I., Pinto, R. S., Bergerson, R. T. and Cohen, N. (1980) Air—CT cisternography and canalography for small acoustic neuromas. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 1: 57–63.Google ScholarPubMed
Lipkin, A. F., Houston, T. X. and Jenkins, H. A. (1984) Role of air contrast computed tomography in diagnosis of small acoustic neuromas. Laryngoscope, 94: 890–895.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Mikhael, M. A., Ciric, I. S. and Wolff, A. P. (1985) Differentiation of cerebellopontine angle neuromas and meningiomas with MR imaging. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, 9: 852–856.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Pinto, R. S., Kricheff, I. I., Bergeron, R. T. and Cohen, N. (1982) High resolution gas CT cisternography. American Journal of Roentgenology, 139: 129–132.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Randell, C. P., Collins, A. P., Young, I. R., Haywood, R., Thomas, D. J., McDonnell, M. J., Orr, J. S., Bydder, G. M. and Steiner, R. E. (1983) Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging of posterior fossa tumours. American Journal of Radiology, 141: 489–496.Google Scholar
Robbins, B. R. and Marshall, W. H. (1978) Computed tomography of acoustic neurinoma. Radiology, 128: 367–370.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Sortland, O. (1979) Computed tomography combined with gas cisternography for the diagnosis of expanding lesions in the cerebellopontine angle. Neuroradiology, 18: 19–22.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Thomson, J. L. G. (1978) Computerised axial tomography in posterior fossa lesions. Clinical Radiology, 29: 1–8.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Tos, M., Gyldensted, G., Thomsen, J. and Lester, J. (1980) Comparison of computer tomography and translabyrinthine surgery in the assessment of acoustic neuroma. Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, 89: 117–120.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Valvanis, A., Dabir, K., Hamdi, R., Oguz, M. and Wellaver, J. (1982) The current state of radiological diagnosis of acoustic neuroma. Neuroradiology, 23: 7–13.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wong, M. L. and Brackmann, D. E. (1982) Computerised cranial tomography in acoustic tumour diagnosis. Journal of the American Medical Association, 245: 2497–2500.CrossRefGoogle Scholar