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Temporal bone destructive lesions (differential)

Last revised by Ryan Thibodeau on 31 Aug 2023

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Citation:

Mudgal P, Thibodeau R, Knipe H, et al. Temporal bone destructive lesions (differential). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 24 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-26981

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-26981

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/26981

rID:

26981

Article created:

17 Jan 2014, Prashant Mudgal

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Prashant Mudgal had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

31 Aug 2023, Ryan Thibodeau ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Ryan Thibodeau had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Revisions:

10 times, by 7 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Central Nervous System

Sections:

Gamuts

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pm, refs, cases

Synonyms:

Temporal bone erosive lesions
Temporal bone destructive lesions
Differential diagnosis of temporal bony destructive lesions
Differential diagnosis of destructive lesions involving the temporal bone

Destructive lesions of the temporal bone (petrous pyramid, middle ear and antrum) have a relatively broad differential including ¹:

lesions affecting petrous pyramid
- vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma)
- meningioma
- glioma
- neuroma of trigeminal and facial nerve
- chordoma
- jugular paraganglioma
- epidermoid of cerebellopontine angle
- carcinoma of the nasopharynx
- parotid tumors
- petrositis (Gradenigo syndrome)
- intrapetrous ICA aneurysm
- Langerhans cell histiocytosis
lesions affecting middle ear, antrum and mastoid
- cholesteatoma
- primary or secondary neoplasia
- jugular paraganglioma
- abscess
- Langerhans cell histiocytosis

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