Endolymphatic hydrops of the labyrinth visualized on noncontrast MR imaging: a case report.
We admitted an 11-year-old girl with enlarged endolymphatic duct and sac syndrome to our hospital with severe nausea and vertigo. Three-dimensional constructive interference in steady state (3D-CISS) and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (3D-FLAIR) images revealed a reflux of proteinous or hemorrhagic fluid into enlarged endolymphatic space in the labyrinth. This is the first imaging report to show endolymphatic hydrops visualized by noncontrast-enhanced MR imaging in a living human patient.
Naganawa
Shinji
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Department of Radiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Shouwa-ku, Nagoya, Japan. naganawa@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Sone
Michihiko
M
Otake
Hironao
H
Nakashima
Tsutomu
T