Fig. 5From: Non-echoplanar diffusion weighted imaging in the detection of post-operative middle ear cholesteatoma: navigating beyond the pitfalls to find the pearlFalse negative case for cholesteatoma on DWI. a, b A small 2Â mm cholesteatoma pearl (white arrow) was found on surgery in the hypotympanum (star denotes posterior canal wall), but was not depicted on c the corresponding 2Â mm thick coronal b1000 image or d T2 weighted imageBack to article page