Magnetic Resonance Imaging Fails to Show Evidence of Endolymphatic Hydrops in a Case with Tumarkin's Otolithic Crisis.
- Author:
Ki Youn SO
1
;
Seung Bae HWANG
;
Sun Young OH
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Tumarkin's otolithic crisis; Endolymphatic hydrops; Meniere's disease
- MeSH: Endolymphatic Hydrops*; Gadolinium; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging*; Meniere Disease; Otolithic Membrane*; Syncope
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2015;33(4):306-309
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Tumarkin's otolithic crisis refers to drop attacks that are an unusual manifestation of Meniere's disease. It has been proposed that these drop attacks result from mechanical deformation of the otolithic organs related to the endolymphatic hydrops that occurs in Meniere's disease, as revealed by MRI with intratympanic gadolinium enhancement. Here we report a patient with Tumarkin's otolithic crisis in whom inner-ear MRI with intratympanic gadolinium administration during the acute attack did not reveal the presence of endolymphatic hydrops.
