Complete Labyrinthine Aplasia: Clinical and Radiologic Findings with Review of the Literature

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Ozgen B., Oguz K. K., Atas A., Sennaroglu L.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY, vol.30, no.4, pp.774-780, 2009 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Complete labyrinthine aplasia (CLA), also referred to as Michel aplasia, is a severe congenital anomaly of the inner ear, defined by the complete absence of inner ear structures. The purpose of this study was to document the imaging findings in a series of patients with CLA, with review of the literature, to better understand this anomaly.