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The aim of this chapter will be to focus on the patient with third mobile window syndrome who also appears to have concomitant hydrops or has hydropic features after successful surgery repair. Research on MRI findings of hydrops in superior canal dehiscence patients will be discussed, and the treatment options available to patients.

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Abbreviations

EH:

Endolymphatic hydrops

EVA:

Enlarged vestibular aqueduct

GD:

Gadolinium

MD:

Ménière’s disease

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

SNHL:

Sensorineural hearing loss

SSCD:

Superior semicircular canal dehiscence

TWS:

Third window syndrome

VEMPs:

Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials

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    Benjamin R. Johnson, Maroun Semaan, Sarah Mowry & Alejandro Rivas-Campo

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Johnson, B.R., Semaan, M., Mowry, S., Rivas-Campo, A. (2022). Endolymphatic Hydrops . In: Gianoli, G.J., Thomson, P. (eds) Third Mobile Window Syndrome of the Inner Ear. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16586-3_20

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