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These tumors cannot be observed directly and must be diagnosed based on symptoms and imaging findings. However, the differentiation of temporal bone lesions is difficult because they are rare and large in variety. In this pictorial review, we divided temporal bone lesions by location such as along the facial nerve, along the internal jugular vein, around the endolymphatic sac, in the internal auditory canal\/cerebellopontine angle, petrous apex, middle ear, and mastoid, focusing on the imaging findings of temporal bone lesions. Then, we created a diagnostic flowchart that suggested that the systematic separation of imaging findings is useful for differentiation. Although it is necessary to make comprehensive judgments based on the clinical symptoms, patient background, and imaging findings to diagnose temporal bone mass lesions, capturing imaging features can be a useful differentiation method.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics13162665","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,14]],"date-time":"2023-08-14T10:28:13Z","timestamp":1692008893000},"page":"2665","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Imaging of Temporal Bone Mass Lesions: A Pictorial Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4880-3676","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marie N.","family":"Shimanuki","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Takanori","family":"Nishiyama","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0331-3670","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Makoto","family":"Hosoya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Takeshi","family":"Wakabayashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hiroyuki","family":"Ozawa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8204-9518","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Naoki","family":"Oishi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"17","DOI":"10.1148\/radiol.13120733","article-title":"Imaging review of the temporal bone: Part I. 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