[3.0 T MRI observe the ears and sinus damage degree of patients with acute carbon onoxide poisoning].

[3.0 T MRI observe the ears and sinus damage degree of patients with acute carbon onoxide poisoning].

Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi. 2016 Jan;30(1):64-6

Authors: Jia L, Du Y, Gao F, Li Y, Fan X

Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Through 3.0 T MRI study the ear and sinus lesions of patients with acute carbon monoxide poisoning.
METHOD: From 2012 to 2015 collected the MRI images of the 45 patients with acute carbon monoxide poisoning, observe their changes of middle ear and mastoid and sinus imaging.
RESULT: The middle ear injury of mastoid 41 cases (91.1%), 22 cases (48.9%) of maxillary sinus injury, ethmoid sinus injury in 20 cases (44.4%), sphenoid sinus 9 cases (20.0%), 5 cases (11.1%) of frontal sinus injury. Carbon monoxide poisoning patients according to clinical symptoms can be divided into light, medium and heavy 3 groups, observing the ear sinus damage degree for comparison between groups, found to have significant differences (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: The patients with acute carbon monoxide poisoning ear and sinus injury should cause the attention of the medical staff, MRI can reflect people's ears from the details and the damage degree of the sinuses.

PMID: 27197460 [PubMed - in process]

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