Analysis of auditory-vestibular function and inner ear imaging features at different stages of Meniere's disease.
10.13201/j.issn.2096-7993.2025.08.006
- Author:
Xin XIN
1
;
Xin MA
1
;
Bowen SUN
2
;
Jun LIU
1
;
Guangke WANG
1
;
Peixia WU
2
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology，He'nan Provincial People's Hospital，Zhengzhou University People's Hospital，Zhengzhou，450003，China.
2. Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery，Eye，Ear，Nose and Throat Hospital of Fudan University.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Meniere’s disease;
clinical stage;
electrocochleography;
endolymphatic hydrops;
vestibular function
- MeSH:
Humans;
Meniere Disease/diagnostic imaging*;
Ear, Inner/physiopathology*;
Male;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Female;
Middle Aged;
Vestibule, Labyrinth/diagnostic imaging*;
Adult;
Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials;
Aged;
Audiometry, Pure-Tone;
Caloric Tests;
Vestibular Function Tests
- From:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2025;39(8):724-728
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore of auditory-vestibular function and inner ear imaging features of patients with Meniere's disease（MD） at different clinical stages. Methods:The clinical data of 110 patients with unilateral MD who were admitted from January 2023 to March 2024 were collected, and all patients were staged according to the results of pure tone hearing threshold test, including 13 patients with stage Ⅰ, 18 cases with stage Ⅱ, 65 cases with stage Ⅲ, and 14 cases with stage Ⅳ. All patients were tested for vestibular function, including caloric tests, vestibular evoked myogenic potentials（VEMPs）, vHIT and sensory integration tests（SOT）. The sites of endolymphatic hydrops were evaluated by intravenous endotogidolinium-based MRI, twenty-seven patients completed electrocochleography. Results:①The disease course time of patients with different stages was different, and the disease course time of stage Ⅰ and Ⅱ was shorter than that of stage Ⅲ and Ⅳpatients（P<0.05）. ②No statistical differences were found in clinical data or vestibular function between normal and abnormal ECochG groups（P>0.05）. ③The results of caloric tests showed that the UW% values of stage Ⅲ（45.5±14.79） and stage Ⅳ （51.57±22.44） were higher than those of stageⅠ（31.2±14.9） and stage Ⅱ（33.5±13.31）, there were statistically significant differences between stage Ⅰ and stage Ⅱ with stage Ⅲ and Ⅳ groups（P<0.05）, the total abnormal rate of cVEMP was 62.72%, there was a statistically significant difference between stageⅠand stage Ⅲ with the stage Ⅳ group（P<0.05）, the total abnormal rate of oVEMP was 71.82%, the difference between stage Ⅰ and stage Ⅳ group was statistically significant（P<0.05）. The total score of SOT comprehensive balance gradually decreased with the increase of clinical stage, and there was a significant difference between the stage Ⅰ and Ⅳ groups（H=26.08, P<0.01）, and there was a statistically significant difference in the rate of vestibular dysfunction of SOT between the two groups（χ²=6.7, P<0.05）. ④Patients with vestibular and cochlear endolymphatic hydrops, and patients with simple cochlear or vestibular had significantly differences in disease course time, clinical stages, UW% value of caloric test, abnormal rate of cVEMP and oVEMP, total SOT balance score, the rate of vestibular abnormality（P<0.01）. Among them, when the vestibular and cochlear endolymphatic hydrops are at the same time, the clinical stage of the patient is mainly stage Ⅲand Ⅳ. Conclusion:Auditory-vestibular and inner ear gadolinium-contrasted MRI examinations in clinical practice provide a supplementary reference for judging vestibular function and the type of endolymphatic hydrops.
