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Magnetic Resonance Volumetric Quantification of Vestibular Endolymphatic Hydrops in Patients with Unilateral Definite Meniere's Disease Using 3D Inversion Recovery with Real Reconstruction (3D-REAL-IR) Sequence
Víctor Suárez-Vega 1 , Raquel Manrique-Huarte 2 , Pablo Dominguez 3 , Melissa Blanco 4 , Alberto Alonso-Burgos 1 , Nicolás Pérez-Fernández 4
Background: The 3D-REAL-IR MRI sequence allows for an in vivo visualization of endolymphatic hydrops. Qualitative assessment methods of the severity of vestibular and cochlear hydrops are the most commonly used.
Methods: A quantitative volumetric measurement of vestibular EH in patients with definite unilateral Ménière's disease using the 3D-REAL-IR sequence and the calculation of the endolymphatic ratio (ELR) was intended.
Results: Volumetric calculations of the vestibules, vestibular endolymph and vestibular ELR are performed in 96 patients with unilateral Ménière's disease and correlated with classic qualitative grading scales.
Conclusions: Quantitative volumetric measurement of vestibular hydrops using the 3D-REAL-IR sequence is feasible and reproducible in daily clinical practice. Vestibular ELR values exceeding 60% defined radiologically significant vestibular hydrops, while values below 30% defined radiologically non-significant vestibular hydrops.
CITA DEL ARTÍCULO J Clin Med. 2023 Sep 14;12(18):5965. doi: 10.3390/jcm12185965
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