Radiological findings of the cochlear aqueduct in patients with Meniere’s disease using high-resolution CT and high-resolution MRI

• Published in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology Vol. 271; no. 12; pp. 3325 - 3331
• Main Authors: Park, Jonas J.-H., Shen, Anmin, Keil, Sebastian, Kraemer, Nils, Westhofen, Martin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2014
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cochlear Aqueduct - diagnostic imaging; Cochlear Aqueduct - pathology; Female; Head and Neck Surgery; Humans; Image Enhancement; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Meniere Disease - diagnosis; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Neurosurgery; Otorhinolaryngology; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Young Adult; Cochlear aqueduct; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Vestibular aqueduct; Meniere’s disease

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the cochlear aqueduct (CA) in Meniere’s disease (MD) and to disclose radiological differences of CA between MD and non-MD patients by means of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (HRMRI). Radiolo...