Microstructural changes of the vestibulocochlear nerve in patients with Ménière's disease using diffusion tensor imaging.
Front Neurol
; 13: 915826, 2022.
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
To evaluate the microstructural changes of the vestibulocochlear nerve in patients with Ménière's disease.Methods:
A total of 26 subjects, 13 patients with MD and 13 healthy controls, underwent diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) on a 3T scanner. The independent sample t-test was used to compare the differences in fractional anisotropy (FA) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) between the two groups. A Pearson correlation was used between DTI and the dizziness handicap inventory (DHI) scores.Results:
There was a significant decrease in FA and an increase in ADC of the vestibulocochlear nerve in MD patients compared with healthy controls (P = 0.04, P = 0.001). FA had negative correlations with the DHI score (r = -0.62, P = 0.02) and DHI-functional score (r = -0.64, P = 0.02).Conclusion:
These results are the first evidence of possible changes in the microstructure of the vestibulocochlear nerves in patients with MD. DTI is a potential technique for evaluating the vestibulocochlear nerve in patients with MD.
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Front Neurol
Ano de publicação:
2022
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China