Magnetic resonance imaging findings in Ménière's disease.

Magnetic resonance imaging findings in Ménière's disease.

J Laryngol Otol. 2017 Jul;131(7):602-607

Authors: Patel VA, Oberman BS, Zacharia TT, Isildak H

Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To identify and evaluate cranial magnetic resonance imaging findings associated with Ménière's disease.
METHODS: Seventy-eight patients with a documented diagnosis of Ménière's disease and 35 controls underwent 1.5 T or 3 T magnetic resonance imaging of the brain. Patients also underwent otological, vestibular and audiometric examinations.
RESULTS: Lack of visualisation of the left and right vestibular aqueducts was identified as statistically significant amongst Ménière's disease patients (left, p = 0.0001, odds ratio = 0.02; right, p = 0.0004, odds ratio = 0.03). Both vestibular aqueducts were of abnormal size in the Ménière's disease group, albeit with left-sided significance (left, p = 0.008, odds ratio = 10.91; right, p = 0.49, odds ratio = 2.47).
CONCLUSION: Lack of vestibular aqueduct visualisation on magnetic resonance imaging was statistically significant in Ménière's disease patients compared to the general population. The study findings suggest that magnetic resonance imaging can be useful to rule out retrocochlear pathology and provide radiological data to support the clinical diagnosis of Ménière's disease.

PMID: 28583226 [PubMed - in process]

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