Abstract
Objective
The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical significance of 4‐hour delayed‐enhanced 3.0 Tesla (3T) 3D‐fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MR imaging in sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL).
Study Design
Case series with comparisons.
Setting
Tertiary referral centre.
Participants
Eighty‐seven idiopathic SSNHL patients were enrolled between January 2015 and December 2016 and received high dose steroid therapy and intratympanic steroid injections as salvage treatment.
Intervention
Pre‐contrast, 10‐minute and 4‐hour delayed‐enhanced 3D‐FLAIR MR images were obtained using double‐dose IV gadolinium.
Main outcome measures
The results of treatment were evaluated according to Siegel's criteria 3 months after the start of treatment. Where possible lesion‐side laterality of the inner ear was identified based on the MR images, the associations between MR findings and other clinical parameters were analyzed, and the relationships between hearing recovery and MR image findings were assessed.
Results
Lesion‐side laterality was identified on MRI in 52 (59.7%), 18 (20.1%) and 8(9.2%) patients, based on 4‐hour delayed, 10‐minute delayed, and pre‐contrast images, respectively. The hearing recovery rate was significantly lower in the patients with lesion‐side laterality on 4‐hour delayed images (p < .001). In a multivariate analysis, lesion‐side laterality on 4‐hour delayed images was associated with poor prognosis (OR=5.6) after adjusting other prognostic factors including initial hearing level, lesion‐side laterality on 10‐min delayed images and presence of vertigo. In addition, as the extent of enhancement in the inner ear increased the probability of hearing recover decreased (p=.001).
Conclusions
Contrast enhancement of inner ear structures can be seen on 4‐hour delayed‐enhanced 3T 3D‐FLAIR MR images in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Asymmetric lesion‐side enhancement of the inner ear may be associated with a poor prognosis.
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