MRI of endolymphatic hydrops in patients with intralabyrinthine schwannomas: a case-controlled study using non-enhanced T2-weighted images at 3 T.
Aïna VenkatasamyPauline BretzAnne KarolAurélie Karch-GeorgesAnne CharpiotFrancis VeillonPublished in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2020)
Forty-seven percent of ILS are associated with homolateral saccular dilation, which is an MR sign of endolymphatic hydrops (bilateral in 37%) and it appears related to the presence of balance disorders. This opens new therapeutic potentialities with the possible use of anti-vertiginous drugs, which could have a beneficial effect on their clinical symptomatology.