Menière symptoms induced by an otologic implant during MR.
A patient who had had sacculotomy with placement of a stainless steel sacculotomy tack 20 years earlier experienced vertigo and auditory sensations during MR imaging. The safety of these prosthesis in MR is questionable. A simple method of determining ferromagnetic interaction is proposed.
Adler
B H
BH
Department of Radiology, Sinai Hospital of Detroit, Mich 48235, USA.
Nusynowitz
R
R
Ballart
C
C
D000075202:Contraindications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008280:Magnetics; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012444:Saccule and Utricle / Q000601:surgery*; D013193:Stainless Steel
D013193:Stainless Steel