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False-positive MRI in a patient with otoneurological pathology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. Barbara ,
S. Saliola  and
R. Filipo
M. Barbara*
Affiliation:
Rome, Italy
S. Saliola
Affiliation:
Rome, Italy
R. Filipo
Affiliation:
Rome, Italy
*
M. Barbara M.D. Ph.D., Department of Otolaryngology, University ‘La Sapienza’, 00185 Rome, Italy.
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Abstract

After a short survey on the diagnostic work-up for acoustic neuroma, the authors underline the importance of magnetic resonance (MRI), enhanced by gadolinium, for otoneurological pathology. Through the presentation of a clinical case, the pros and cons for the routine application of MRI in suspect cerebellopontine angle (CPA) tumours in particular are reviewed. The possibility of false-positive MRI findings is discussed, although in this specific case a proper therapeutic approach was eventually carried out in order to resolve the associated Vllth nerve disturbance.

Keywords

Magnetic resonance imagingAcoustic schwannoma
Type
Radiology in Focus
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 107 , Issue 5 , May 1993 , pp. 465 - 467
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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