The "hype" of hydrops in classifying vestibular disorders: a narrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Classifying and diagnosing peripheral vestibular disorders based on their symptoms is challenging due to possible symptom overlap or atypical clinical presentation. To improve the diagnostic trajectory, gadolinium-based contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of the inner ear is nowadays frequently used for the in vivo confirmation of endolymphatic hydrops in humans. However, hydrops is visualized in both healthy subjects and patients with vestibular disorders, which might make the clinical value of hydrops detection on MRI questionable.

Objective

To investigate the diagnostic value of clinical and radiological features, including the in vivo visualization of endolymphatic hydrops, for the classification and diagnosis of vestibular disorders.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: van der Lubbe MFJA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7718205 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature