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Semi-quantitative evaluation of endolymphatic hydrops by bilateral intratympanic gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) administration with MRI for Meniere's disease.

AbstractCONCLUSION:
Bilateral intratympanic administration of a gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) in MRI was successfully performed and proved to be beneficial in the semi-quantitative evaluation of endolymphatic hydrops. Such image-based diagnosis will lead to re-revaluation and reclassification of the diagnostic criteria for Meniere's disease (MD).
OBJECTIVE:
To visualize endolymphatic hydrops semi-quantitatively in patients with MD, by using bilateral intratympanic GBCA administration with MRI.
PATIENTS AND METHODS:
A total of 13 patients were evaluated, including 12 with MD and one with acute low-tone sensorineural hearing loss. Diluted gadodiamide (a kind of GBCA) was administered to the bilateral tympanic cavity by injection through the tympanic membrane. After 24 h, the endolymphatic hydrops was evaluated with a 3.0 T MR scanner. The areas enhanced by gadodiamide were measured semi-quantitatively.
RESULTS:
Three-dimensional, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (3D-FLAIR) MRI showed that the gadodiamide successfully penetrated the round window membrane, entering the perilymphatic space and delineating the gadodiamide-enhanced perilymphatic and gadodiamide-negative endolymphatic spaces of the inner ear. All the patients with MD showed a reduced gadodiamide-enhanced area representing the perilymphatic space, and the quantitative ratio was 0.15 to 0.85. Furthermore, endolymphatic hydrops was also demonstrated in the patient with atypical MD who had fluctuating low frequency sensorineural hearing loss without vertigo.
AuthorsHisakuni Fukuoka, Keita Tsukada, Maiko Miyagawa, Tomohiro Oguchi, Yutaka Takumi, Makoto Sugiura, Hitoshi Ueda, Masumi Kadoya, Shin-ichi Usami
JournalActa oto-laryngologica (Acta Otolaryngol) Vol. 130 Issue 1 Pg. 10-6 ( 2010) ISSN: 1651-2251 [Electronic] England
PMID19363714 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Contrast Media
  • gadodiamide
  • Gadolinium DTPA
Topics
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Audiometry, Pure-Tone
  • Contrast Media (administration & dosage)
  • Ear, Middle
  • Endolymph
  • Endolymphatic Hydrops (diagnosis, physiopathology)
  • Female
  • Gadolinium DTPA
  • Hearing Loss, Sensorineural (diagnosis)
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Meniere Disease (diagnosis, physiopathology)
  • Middle Aged
  • Perilymph
  • Vestibular Function Tests

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