Cochlear incomplete partition

Last revised by Marcos Gil Alberto da Veiga on 13 Sep 2021

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Citation:

St-Amant M, Veiga M, Deng F, et al. Cochlear incomplete partition. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 19 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-55585

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-55585

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/55585

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55585

Article created:

15 Sep 2017, Maxime St-Amant ◉

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Last revised:

13 Sep 2021, Marcos Gil Alberto da Veiga ◉

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Systems:

Central Nervous System, Head & Neck

Cochlear incomplete partition is a group of cochlear malformations associated with variable other inner ear architecture defects. These malformations have in common that the cochlea is clearly separated from the vestibule and the external contour of the cochlea is nearly normal in size, but there are defects involving the modiolus and interscalar septa ^1,2.

According to the CT-based classification that Sennaroglu proposed in 2002 and subsequently revised ^2,3, there are three types of incomplete partition: