Temporal Bone Normal Anatomy Computed Tomography /Histology Correlation
Otopathology Laboratory Department of Radiology Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Eric F. Curtin Barbara J. Burgess Dianne D. Jones Jennifer T. O’Malley Hugh D. Curtin MD
Otopathologylaboratory.org Facial nerve
Lateral canal Oval Window Axial CT
Red Arrow -Facial nerve VII Attic
IAC
Vest LSCC Red Arrow -Facial nerve VII M I
M-Malleus I-Incus Vest Cochlea S-Stapes VII S Interscalar septum
M M-Modiolus Interscalar septum
M M-Modiolus Anterior epitympanic recess Cog Cochleariform process
Cochlea Facial recess S-Stapes
Pyramidal process S Sinus Tympani ME
ME-middle ear RW-round window Cochlea
RW Stapedius M Carotid TMJ plate
Jugular plate
Coronal CT
FN 2 FN 1 Cochlea
Carotid Malleus
Tegmen Incus FN 2
Oval window
Scutum Lateral Semicircular Canal
Pyramidal process Round Window Jugular
Facial Nerve Key image lateral canal facial nerve oval window .. Poschl CT Carotid Tensor tympani
Eustachian tube VII1 IAC
Basilar turn cochlea
Apical turn cochlea Turn 2 cochlea VII1 VII2
Tensor tympani VII2 Jugular vein
Tensor tympani Jugular vein
Cochleariform process Superior SCC
M
M-malleus VII2 Oval W Round W Lateral canal
Common crus
TMJ Lateral SCC
VII2
I S
I –Incus S- Stapes Tegmen
Vestibular aqueduct
VII2 VII3
EAC Stenvers CT SSCC
VII1
Carotid VII1 is separated from nerve to lateral canal by Bill’s bar Canal for nerve to lateral SCC
VII VII1
Basilar turn cochlea LSCC SSCC
VII3
Round window
Styloid process Vestibule
VII3 PSCC Common Crus
IAC Axial CT Histology correlation
Utricle
Lateral Semicircular Canal
Vestibule Vestibule
Saccule
Utricle Vestibule
Saccule
Utricle Vestibule
Saccule
Utricle
Anterior Crus of the Stapes
Carotid
Tympanic Carotid plate membrane Middle Ear
Jugular
Jugular plate Coronal CT Histology correlation
Saccule
Otopathology Laboratory Department of Radiology Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Otopathologylaboratory.org
Eric F. Curtin Barbara J. Burgess Dianne D. Jones Jennifer T. O’Malley Hugh D. Curtin MD