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We read with great interest the article by Jones et al¹ entitled "Temporal Lobe Injury in Temporal Bone Fractures," which appeared in the February 2000 issue of the ARCHIVES. Although there are some terminological and methodological parts that need reevaluation, the article generally contains some new and significant findings.

Table 2 states that no temporal bone fractures were found on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. However, Table 1 states there was a right longitudinal temporal bone fracture in patient 1 that was detected by MRI. The term enhancement means pathological opacification after contrast administration on computed tomographic (CT) or MRI imaging scans. In the "Patients and Methods" section, the authors stated that "all patients were evaluated using non–contrast-enhanced CT scans. . . ." But the terms ipsilateral meningeal enhancement, contralateral meningeal enhancement, and labyrinthine enhancement were used in Table 2. However, no contrast was given on CT examination, . . . [Full Text of this Article]