Abstract
Purpose
This study is to evaluate the duration of facial nerve enhancement in gadolinium-enhanced temporal bone MRI after the onset of acute facial palsy.
Methods
Gd-enhanced MRI imagines were examined in 13 patients with idiopathic acute facial palsy within 14 days after the onset. The degree of facial nerve function was measured according to the House–Brackmann (H–B) grading system at their first visit at outpatient clinic. The follow-up MRI was taken about 16.5 months (7–24 months) after onset of disease. The degree of facial nerve enhancement was measured with signal intensity (SI) which was quantitatively analyzed using the region-of-interest (ROI) measurements for each segment of the facial nerve. SI was statistically analyzed by comparing SI values of contralateral site and ipsilateral site using the paired t test with SPSS program.
Results
The gadolinium enhancement was statistically increased at labyrinthine segment and geniculate ganglion area of facial nerve at initial temporal bone MRI. The gadolinium enhancement was statistically decreased at all the segments of facial nerve except tympanic segment (p < 0.05) at follow-up MRI.
Conclusions
The facial nerve enhancement in Gd-enhanced MRI images prolonged more than 21 months of the onset. The newly developed pathologic lesions of acute facial palsy especially occur at the site of labyrinthine and geniculate ganglion.
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This study was supported by the Research Fund of the E.N.T. Catholic University of Korea that was created in the program year of 2022.
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Kim, S., Moon, D.H., Jun, BC. et al. The clinical availability of facial nerve enhancement in temporal bone MRI for the patients of idiopathic acute peripheral facial palsy. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 281, 731–735 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-023-08169-5
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