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Vol. 61. Issue 1.
Pages 19-25 (January 2010)
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Vol. 61. Issue 1.
Pages 19-25 (January 2010)
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Comparative computed tomography study on the tympanosquamous suture in attic cholesteatoma vs healthy ears
Estudio comparativo mediante tomografía computarizada de la morfología de la sutura timpanoescamosa entre colesteatoma atical y oídos sanos
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Josefina Girons-Bonellsa,
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, Daniel Fontes-Carameb, Anna Fité-Gallegoc, Cristina Masuet-Aumatellc, Manuel Maños-Pujola
a Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
b Servicio de Neurorradiología, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
c Servicio de Medicina Preventiva, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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Abstract
Introduction and objectives

When performing surgery on ears with cholesteatoma, we observed a higher prominence of the anterior edge of the tympanosquamous suture (TSS). The aim was to find out whether these surgical findings corresponded to a specific morphology of the tympanosquamous suture (TSS) in cholesteatomas.

Material and methods

A retrospective analysis was carried out using preoperative computed tomography (CT) of the TSS in patients undergoing surgery for cholesteatoma in the period between January 2006 and December 2008. Patients older than 18 years who had not been previously operated were included, with a CT performed at the hospital and with a histology that proved cholesteatoma (n=31). The findings of the TSS from these 31 cases were compared with those of 30 healthy ears. The healthy group included 20 cases of unilateral cholesteatoma (20 healthy/31 cholesteatomas) and a control group of 10 healthy patients studied for cochlear implants (n=10). Measurements of the distance in mm. were made selecting two points A and B of the TSS (A being the furthest point to the edge of the suture and B the nearest). The CT cuts were selected according to the greatest and smallest separation of the TSS.

Results

Comparing the maximum and minimum distance of the TSS in points A and B in all the ears, according to pathological state (healthy ears vs cholesteatoma ears), we detected a reduced minimal distance in A (P=.036) and B (P=.014) in the healthy ears with respect to the cholesteatoma ears. No statistically significant differences were found in maximum distances A and B (P>.05).

Conclusions

This study provides objective data on a lesser closure of the TSS in cases of cholesteatoma vs healthy ears. We correlate this finding with the aetiopathogenesis of attic cholesteatoma.

Keywords:
Anterior tympanosquamous suture
attic cholesteatoma aetiopathogenesis
computed tomography
Resumen
Introducción y objetivos

Habíamos observado, al intervenir oídos con colesteatoma, una mayor procidencia del extremo anterior de la sutura timpanoescamosa (STE). Queríamos averiguar si estos hallazgos correspondían a una especial morfología de la STE en los colesteatomas.

Material y métodos

Realizamos un estudio retrospectivo, mediante tomografía computarizada (TC) preoperatoria, de la STE de pacientes intervenidos por colesteatoma entre enero de 2006 y diciembre de 2008. Se incluyó a pacientes mayores de 18 años, no intervenidos anteriormente, con TC realizada en el propio hospital e histología demostrativa de colesteatoma (n=31). Comparamos los hallazgos de la STE de estos 31 casos con los de 30 oídos sanos. El grupo sano incluyó 20 casos con colesteatoma unilateral (20 sanos/31 colesteatomas) y un grupo sano control estudiado con motivo de implante coclear (n=10). Se realizaron mediciones de la distancia en mm considerando dos puntos A y B de la STE (A era el mas distal y B, el mas proximal al extremo de la sutura). Seleccionamos los cortes de TC correspondientes a la máxima y la mínima separación de la STE.

Resultados

Comparando las distancias máxima y mínima de la STE en los puntos A y B de todos los oídos, según estado patológico (sanos frente a colesteatoma), detectamos una menor distancia mínima A (p=0,036) y mínima B (p=0,014) en los oídos sanos respecto a los patológicos; no encontramos diferencias estadísticamente significativas de las distancias máximas A y B (p>0,05).

Conclusiones

Este estudio aporta datos objetivos sobre un menor cierre de la STE en los casos de colesteatoma frente a oídos sanos. Relacionamos este hallazgo con la etiopatogenia del colesteatoma atical.

Palabras clave:
Sutura timpanoescamosa anterior
Etiopatogenia del colesteatoma atical
Tomografía computarizada

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