TY - JOUR AB - Pediatr Radiol (2013) 43:256–257 DOI 10.1007/s00247-012-2569-x Venous malformations of the temporal bone are a common Characteristics described in the literature include bony feature in CHARGE syndrome destruction on CT (which occurs late in the disease), as Friedmann DR, Amoils M, Germiller JA et al well as more subtle soft-tissue abnormalities outside the Laryngoscope (2012) 122:895–900 confines of the sinus walls, especially anterior and pos- terior to the maxillary sinus walls. Two neuroradiolo- The authors retrospectively reviewed medical and tem- gists, blinded to the initial reports, operative findings, poral bone imaging records of 18 patients with histopathologic findings and survival data, retrospective- CHARGE syndrome. Abnormalities of the outer, mid- ly evaluated the imaging findings in 17 immunocom- dle and inner ear are known to be common in patients promised patients with surgically proven AFIFS and 6 with CHARGE syndrome; therefore evaluation for immunocompromised patients who were histopathologi- hearing loss is common. There is paucity of literature cally negative for AFIFS. Each study was evaluated for regarding the incidence of clinically significant venous extrasinus involvement, as evidenced by subtle infiltra- tion of periantral fat, soft-tissue enhancement, abnormal anomalies involving the temporal bone in these chil- dren. Ten of 18 (56%) had TI - Hermes JF - Pediatric Radiology DO - 10.1007/s00247-012-2569-x DA - 2013-01-24 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/hermes-Q5Dy9HuRbQ SP - 256 EP - 257 VL - 43 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -