Prognostic and Clinical Role of Contrast Enhancement on Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Bell's Palsy.

Volkan Yücel Serra Özbal Kemal Keseroğlu Ömer Bayir Mehmet Furkan Çırakoğlu Emel Çadallı Tatar Guleser Saylam Sevilay Karahan Orhan Yılmaz Mehmet Hakan Korkmaz

Published in: Turkish archives of otorhinolaryngology (2022)

The routine use of the contrast-enhanced temporal MRI is not recommended in the diagnosis and monitoring of Bell's palsy patients, because the contrast enhancement pattern of the facial nerve has no effect on the prognosis of Bell's palsy. MRI should be used in cases that do not heal despite treatment, for the differential diagnosis of facial nerve tumors and in patients who are candidates for surgical decompression.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
end stage renal disease
magnetic resonance
diffusion weighted
ejection fraction
computed tomography
chronic kidney disease
diffusion weighted imaging
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
peripheral nerve