Had my CT scan today. From the report it doesn’t look like anything stands out. I’m still trying to schedule my ultrasound. It has been a little more difficult to find a place that meets his specific requests so looks like it will go on next years insurance.
CT TEMPORAL BONE WITHOUT CONTRAST:SCAN: Axial/coronal/oblique sagittal reconstructed multislice high-resolution axial acquisition.INDICATION: Superior semicircular canal dehiscence. Pulsatile tinnitus.COMPARISON: CT venogram head from 11/16/2022, CT sinus from 05/25/2022
FINDINGS:RIGHT -MIDDLE/EXTERNAL EAR:Mastoid pneumatization is developmentally normal. Mastoid/petrous air cells are clear. Areas of thinning of the tegmen mastoideum without evidence of dehiscence. Tegmen tympani and sigmoid plate are intact.Middle ear including facial/epitympanic recesses, sinus tympani, oval/round window niche is clear. The ossicles appear normal. External auditory canal, tympanic membrane and scutum appear normal.
RIGHT -INNER EAR/FORAMINA:Cochlea appears normal. No labyrinthine ossificans/otosclerosis is present.Semicircular canals appear normal. No dehiscence is present.Vestibular aqueduct appears normal.Internal auditory, carotid and facial nerve canals appear normal.Jugular foramen appears normal.
LEFT -MIDDLE/EXTERNAL EAR:Mastoid pneumatization is developmentally normal. Mastoid/petrous air cells are clear. Areas of thinning of the tegmen tympani and tegmen mastoideum without evidence of dehiscence. Sigmoid plate is intact.Middle ear including facial/epitympanic recesses, sinus tympani, oval/round window niche is clear. The ossicles appear normal. External auditory canal, tympanic membrane and scutum appear normal.
LEFT -INNER EAR/FORAMINA:Cochlea appears normal. No labyrinthine ossificans/otosclerosis is present.Semicircular canals appear normal. No dehiscence is present.Vestibular aqueduct appears normal.Internal auditory, carotid and facial nerve canals appear normal.Jugular foramen appears normal.
SINONASAL:Imaged nasal fossa, nasopharynx and parapharyngeal fascia appear normal.Partially imaged mucosal retention cyst in the right maxillary sinus. Mucosal thickening or retention cyst in the left ethmoid sinus.
CRANIOFACIAL:Visualized brainstem, cerebellum and cerebral hemispheres are unremarkable.
IMPRESSION:RIGHT TEMPORAL BONE:Normal appearing inner, middle, and external ear structures.
LEFT TEMPORAL BONE:Normal appearing inner, middle, and external ear structures.
CRANIOFACIAL:Partially imaged paranasal sinus inflammatorychanges