PROPELLER diffusion weighted imaging for diagnosis of cholesteatoma in comparison with surgical and histopathological results : emphasis on false positivity and false negativity

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PURPOSE: To investigate the role of non-echo planar diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) using "periodically rotated overlapping parallel lines with enhanced reconstruction" (PROPELLER) sequence for the diagnosis of cholesteatoma compared to surgical and histopathological results in an attempt to determine the factors causing false negative and false positive diagnoses.

METHODS: Patients who had PROPELLER DWI before ear surgery were retrospectively reviewed. The presence of a lesion with diffusion restriction on PROPELLER DWI was accepted as positive for cholesteatoma, and the results were compared to the intraoperative and histopathological findings.

RESULTS: A total of 112 ears in 109 patients were reviewed. On PROPELLER DWI, a lesion with diffusion restriction was found in 101 (90.2%) ears, while in 11 (9.8%) of the patients, no diffusion restriction was found. Surgery and histopathological analysis revealed a cholesteatoma in 100 (89.3%) ears, while in 12 (10.7%) ears, no cholesteatoma was found surgically. There were 96 (85.7%) true positives, 7 (6.2%) true negatives, 5 (4.5%) false positives and 4 (3.6%) false negatives. The accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive and negative predictive values of non-echo planar DWI were calculated to be 91.96%, 96%, 58.33%, 95.05%, and 63.64%, respectively.

CONCLUSION: Non-echo planar DWI using PROPELLER sequence has high accuracy, sensitivity and positive predictive value and can be used for the detection of cholesteatoma. The external auditory canal, postoperative ears and small lesions should be evaluated with caution to avoid false results.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:280

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European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery - 280(2023), 11 vom: 20. Nov., Seite 4845-4850

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Semiz-Oysu, Aslihan [VerfasserIn]
Oysu, Cagatay [VerfasserIn]
Kulali, Fatma [VerfasserIn]
Bukte, Yasar [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cholesteatoma
Diagnostic imaging
Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging
Journal Article
Otologic surgical procedures
Temporal bone

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Date Completed 10.10.2023

Date Revised 29.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00405-023-08001-0

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NLM356529886