Meeting Banner
Abstract #1223

The Diagnostic Value of 3D-FLAIR MRI After Intratympanic Administration of Gd-DTPA in Meniere's Disease

Honglu Shi1, Guangbin Wang1, Daogong Zhang1, Weibo Chen2, Queenie Chan3

1Shandong Medical Imaging Research Institute, Jinan, Shandong, China; 2Philips Healthcare, Shanghai, China; 3Philips Healthcare, Hong Kong, China

According to absence of radiographic evidence for Meniere's disease diagnosis, we attempted to evaluate endolymphatic visualization in our research. 24 hours after intratympanic gadolinium administration through the tympanic membrane, 32 patients with unilateral Meniere's disease diagnosed clinically underwent 3D-FLAIR and 3D-Balance-FFE MRI. Two radiologists independently compared the enhanced perilymphatic space of bilateral cochlea and vestibular on 3D-FLAIR imaging. Statistically, the score of scala vestibuli, the enhanced range and the signal intensity of vestibule for the affected side were significantly lower than the healthy side. In conclusion, 3D-FLAIR MRI after intratympanic gadolinium administration can show the border between perilymph and endolymph and confirm endolymphatic hydrops.

Abstract PDF Poster PDF

Keywords

according administration affected appeared approved arrow attenuated audience balanced basal became benefit best bilateral board border brain canal caused china clear clearly clinically cochlea cochlear coincided confirm consent developing diagnosed diagnosis diagnostic dimensional disappeared disease display doctors enhanced enhancement evaluate evidence flair fluid gadolinium good head healthy hong hours independently informed injection institute institutional intensity inversion lamina linear local location long lymph measured medical membrane narrowed narrowing nose objectively obvious obviously osseous paired pathological patients prompting providing radiographic radiologists recovery respectively review score scored shanghai side sided significantly slice space spiral statistically stem subjectively system target throat turn twenty tympani underwent unilateral vestibular vestibule visualization visualized width year zone