Endolymphatic hydrops of the labyrinth visualized on noncontrast MR imaging: A case report

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-46

  Naganawa, Shinji ^a   Sone, Michihiko ^a   Otake, Hironao ^a   Nakashima, Tsutomu ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

3Dimaging; Endolymphatic hydrops; Magnetic resonance imaging; Temporal bone disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENIERE DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOLYMPHATIC HYDROPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 67651245550     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.8.43     Document Type: Article

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