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| {{CMG}}; '''Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:''' [[User:Raviteja Reddy Guddeti|Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S]] [mailto:rgudetti@perfuse.org]
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| ==Overview==
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| [[Otalgia]] is caused by pathology either in the primary source which involves the ear itself or a distance source which causes referred pain to the ear. [[Computed tomography]] ([[CT]]) scan is of great help in evaluating both the possible causes.
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| ==Computed tomography scan==
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| [[CT]] scan can be used to assess the complications of:
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| *[[Otitis media]]
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| *[[Cholesteatoma]]
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| *[[Otitis externa]]
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| *[[Mastoiditis]]
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| *[[Ear Trauma]]
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| *[[Acoustic neuroma]] <ref>{{cite journal |author=Wu EH, Tang YS, Zhang YT, Bai RJ |title=CT in diagnosis of acoustic neuromas |journal=AJNR Am J Neuroradiol |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=645–50 |year=1986 |pmid=3088942 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
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| *[[Sinusitis]]
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| *Upper aerodigestive tract tumors
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| Involvement and erosion of the temporal bones can be well assessed using [[Computed tomography]] scan. <ref>{{cite journal |author=Wang LE, Gu YF, Wu YQ, Zhuang QX, Lin Y, Yin SK |title=[Significance of CT in diagnosis of chronic suppurative otitis media] |language=Chinese|journal=Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi |volume=42 |issue=7 |pages=494–8 |year=2007 |month=July |pmid=17886675 |doi=|url=}}</ref>
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Otolaryngology]]
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| [[Category:Emergency medicine]]
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| [[Category:Pediatrics]]
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| [[Category:Grammar]]
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