MRI of endolymphatic hydrops in patients with vestibular schwannomas: a case-controlled study using non-enhanced T2-weighted images at 3 Teslas.

Aurélie Karch-GeorgesFrancis VeillonHella VuongDominique RohmerAnne KarolAnne CharpiotNicolas MeyerAïna Venkatasamy

Published 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 (2019)

A third (29%) of VS are associated with a saccular dilation on the side of the tumour, which is an MR sign of endolymphatic hydrops (bilateral in 15.7% of the cases) and it appears related to sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus, as well as vertigo if a contralateral dilation is present. This opens new therapeutic potentialities with the use of anti-vertiginous drugs, which could have a beneficial effect on the clinical symptoms.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
magnetic resonance
hearing loss
computed tomography
deep learning
diffusion weighted imaging
convolutional neural network
optical coherence tomography
network analysis
drug induced