Journal Reviews

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Gadolinium enhanced MRI and the diagnosis of Ménière’s disease

3 July 2023 | | Otology | Endolymphatic Hydrops, Gadolinium, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Meniere Disease

Despite various criteria applied over the years to diagnose Ménière’s disease since the concept of endolymphatic hydrops was first observed in postmortem examinations of patients in 1938, the diagnosis still remains mainly clinical. To visualise endolymphatic hydrops in MRI imaging,...

Skull base imaging: a review

1 May 2018 | | Cerebrospinal fluid, Contrast-enhanced computed tomography, Gadolinium contrast, Idiopathic intracranial hypertension, Magnetic resonance imaging, Perineural tumor, Skull base

This excellent review paper describes the anatomy, imaging protocols and differentiating imaging findings on CT and MRI in myriad skull base lesions. Skull base protocol MRI and thin section CT are required to evaluate all skull base lesions. According to...

MRI evaluation to assess the role of frusemide in reducing endolymphatic hydrops

1 July 2016 | | Diuretics, Endolymphatic Hydrops, Gadolinium, Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Endolymphatic hydrops is generally considered to be a marker in Ménière’s disease and frusemide is used with the purpose of reducing it and improving symptoms. With the use of MRI, the authors have used the phenomenon of non-enhancing endolymphatic structures...