Anatomical variations of the human vestibular aqueduct. Part I. a radioanatomical study
Dimopoulos, P.A.; Smedby, O.; Wilbrand, H.F.
Acta Radiologica. Supplementum 403: 21-32
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0365-5954 PMID: 8669309 Document Number: 455720
Variations in the size and shape of the human vestibular aqueduct were evaluated in 118 plastic casts of unselected specimens of human temporal bones. They were examined by conventional radiography and by high resolution CT. The degree of the mastoid and perilabyrinthine pneumatization was defined and classified into 3 types. The dimensions of the peripheral portion of the aqueduct were found to be related to the extent of the perilabyrinthine pneumatization.