耳鼻咽喉科・頭頸部外科83巻1号

2011年01月発行

特集 めまい―最新のトピックス

メニエール病の画像診断

著者： 中島務¹

所属機関： ¹名古屋大学医学部耳鼻咽喉科

ページ範囲：P.19 - P.25

文献概要

Ⅰ．はじめに

　MRIを用いて内リンパと外リンパを区別して描出できるようになって4年ほどが経過した。当初は，ガドリニウム造影剤を鼓室内に投与していたが^1,2），最近は，造影剤を静脈内に投与しても描出できるようになってきた^3～5）。静脈内投与だと患側内耳だけでなく健側内耳も評価できる。症例が増えるとともに内リンパ水腫と症状や検査所見との関係についてみえてきたものがあり，本稿では，症例を呈示しながら現状と今後の展望について述べる。

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