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01-09-2006 | Case Report

Partial absence of the posterior semicircular canal in Alagille syndrome: CT findings

Authors: Bernadette Koch, Amy Goold, John Egelhoff, Corning Benton

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 9/2006

Abstract

We report a case of bilateral partial absence of the posterior semicircular canals (with normal lateral semicircular canals) imaged with CT in a patient with Alagille syndrome. Similar histologic findings have been reported in the pathology literature. This association has been previously reported only for Waardenburg syndrome in the imaging literature. We review the imaging findings and embryology of the semicircular canals, and suggest that this abnormality is specific to patients with Alagille or Waardenburg syndrome.

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Title: Partial absence of the posterior semicircular canal in Alagille syndrome: CT findings
Authors: Bernadette Koch
Amy Goold
John Egelhoff
Corning Benton
Publication date: 01-09-2006
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Radiology / Issue 9/2006
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-006-0230-2

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