Imaging the Ménière's disease on 3T-MRI
SM Niehues, AJ Lemke, S Hengst, T Hothan, MJ Brinkmann, V Jahnke, R Felix · RöFo - Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren · 2004 · Heft 03
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Purpose: The pathologic changes of Ménière's disease are known but still the reason remains unclear why the endolymphatic hydrops of the inner ear builds up. Numerous theories exist to enlighten how or why this occurs, but still they could not be proven. Purpose was to visualize pathologic changes on patients with Ménière's disease. Method and materials: We examined 14 patients with single sided Ménière's disease on a three tesla MRI. Heavily T2 weighted images were used for calculation of maximum intensity projections of the inner ear structures. High resolution T1 weighted images with and without contrast agen…
