Black C J, O'Hara J T, Berry J, Robson A K
Medical School, Newcastle University, UK.
J Laryngol Otol. 2010 Feb;124(2):213-5. doi: 10.1017/S0022215109990995. Epub 2009 Sep 18.
We report two cases of branchial cleft abnormalities investigated using magnetic resonance imaging.
There appears to be no clear imaging technique that is universally recommended for imaging branchial cleft abnormalities. Options include fistulography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography.
Case reports and literature review.
Two cases, although not unusual in themselves, are described to illustrate the use of magnetic resonance imaging to define the anatomy and to assist surgical planning.
Magnetic resonance imaging is able to accurately depict the extent and course of branchial cleft abnormalities, and in the current cases could have been relied upon to determine the necessary surgical procedure. Branchial cleft abnormalities are sufficiently rare for magnetic resonance imaging to be recommended as the first-line imaging modality.
我们报告两例使用磁共振成像检查的鳃裂畸形病例。
似乎没有一种明确的成像技术被普遍推荐用于鳃裂畸形的成像。可选择的方法包括瘘管造影、计算机断层扫描、磁共振成像和超声检查。
病例报告及文献综述。
描述了两例病例，尽管它们本身并不罕见，以说明使用磁共振成像来明确解剖结构并辅助手术规划。
磁共振成像能够准确描绘鳃裂畸形的范围和进程，在当前病例中本可依靠它来确定必要的手术程序。鳃裂畸形足够罕见，以至于磁共振成像可被推荐作为一线成像方式。
