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MRI exploration of the intrapetrous facial nerve. 1993

N Girard, and M Poncet, and A Chays, and A Florence, and D Gignac, and J Magnan, and C Raybaud
Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Nord, Marseille.

We report our experience of intrapetrous facial nerve evaluation in 33 patients examined by three-dimensional MRI (3D-FT) with intravenous gadolinium injection. The examinations were performed by a 1 Tesla magnet, using Flash and Turbo-Flash sequences which enabled us to obtain contiguous millimetric sections and to make reconstructions in all planes. Among these 33 patients, 31 had facial palsy and 2 a facial nerve lesion without clinical signs and discovered by chance. Facial palsy had started rather abruptly in 26 cases. It was either idiopathic (n = 20) or caused by herpes zoster (n = 1), injuries (n = 2), metastasis (n = 1) and tumour (n = 1); it was concomitant with a granuloma in 1 case. Five patients seen or explored late had congenital cholesteatoma (n = 2), facial nerve neurinoma (n = 2) or persistent idiopathic facial palsy (n = 1). There was no contrast enhancement in "chronic" non tumoral facial palsy. All tumours (neurinoma, neurofibroma, metastasis) were contrast-enhanced, as were the 2 cases of traumatic palsy and the case with granuloma of the labyrinth. In acute idiopathic facial palsy (n = 20), contrast enhancement was demonstrated in 11 patients; among these, recovery was complete at 2 months in 1 case and incomplete in 9 cases; 1 patient was lost sight of. In the 9 patients without contrast enhancement, recovery was complete in 7; 2 patients were lost sight of. This study shows that minute lesions of the facial nerve can be detected with millimetric MRI T1-weighted sequences and contrast enhancement. It also suggests that contrast enhancement has some prognostic value in patients with acute idiopathic facial palsy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007089 Image Enhancement Improvement of the quality of a picture by various techniques, including computer processing, digital filtering, echocardiographic techniques, light and ultrastructural MICROSCOPY, fluorescence spectrometry and microscopy, scintigraphy, and in vitro image processing at the molecular level. Image Quality Enhancement,Enhancement, Image,Enhancement, Image Quality,Enhancements, Image,Enhancements, Image Quality,Image Enhancements,Image Quality Enhancements,Quality Enhancement, Image,Quality Enhancements, Image
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010579 Petrous Bone The dense rock-like part of temporal bone that contains the INNER EAR. Petrous bone is located at the base of the skull. Sometimes it is combined with the MASTOID PROCESS and called petromastoid part of temporal bone. Petrous Apex,Petrous Pyramid,Bone, Petrous,Petrous Bones
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002908 Chronic Disease Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed). For epidemiological studies chronic disease often includes HEART DISEASES; STROKE; CANCER; and diabetes (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2). Chronic Condition,Chronic Illness,Chronically Ill,Chronic Conditions,Chronic Diseases,Chronic Illnesses,Condition, Chronic,Disease, Chronic,Illness, Chronic
D003287 Contrast Media Substances used to allow enhanced visualization of tissues. Radiopaque Media,Contrast Agent,Contrast Agents,Contrast Material,Contrast Materials,Radiocontrast Agent,Radiocontrast Agents,Radiocontrast Media,Agent, Contrast,Agent, Radiocontrast,Agents, Contrast,Agents, Radiocontrast,Material, Contrast,Materials, Contrast,Media, Contrast,Media, Radiocontrast,Media, Radiopaque
D003390 Cranial Nerve Neoplasms Benign and malignant neoplasms that arise from one or more of the twelve cranial nerves. Cranial Neuroma, Benign,Benign Cranial Nerve Neoplasms,Benign Cranial Nerve Tumors,Cranial Nerve Neoplasms, Benign,Cranial Nerve Neoplasms, Malignant,Cranial Nerve Tumors, Benign,Cranial Nerve Tumors, Malignant,Malignant Cranial Nerve Neoplasms,Malignant Cranial Nerve Tumors,Neoplasms, Cranial Nerve,Neoplasms, Cranial Nerve, Benign,Neoplasms, Cranial Nerve, Malignant,Tumors, Cranial Nerve, Benign,Tumors, Cranial Nerve, Malignant,Benign Cranial Neuroma,Benign Cranial Neuromas,Cranial Nerve Neoplasm,Cranial Neuromas, Benign,Neoplasm, Cranial Nerve,Neuroma, Benign Cranial,Neuromas, Benign Cranial
D005154 Facial Nerve The 7th cranial nerve. The facial nerve has two parts, the larger motor root which may be called the facial nerve proper, and the smaller intermediate or sensory root. Together they provide efferent innervation to the muscles of facial expression and to the lacrimal and SALIVARY GLANDS, and convey afferent information for TASTE from the anterior two-thirds of the TONGUE and for TOUCH from the EXTERNAL EAR. Cranial Nerve VII,Marginal Mandibular Branch,Marginal Mandibular Nerve,Seventh Cranial Nerve,Nerve VII,Nerve of Wrisberg,Nervus Facialis,Nervus Intermedius,Nervus Intermedius of Wrisberg,Cranial Nerve VIIs,Cranial Nerve, Seventh,Facial Nerves,Mandibular Nerve, Marginal,Mandibular Nerves, Marginal,Marginal Mandibular Nerves,Nerve VIIs,Nerve, Facial,Nerve, Marginal Mandibular,Nerve, Seventh Cranial,Nerves, Marginal Mandibular,Nervus Faciali,Seventh Cranial Nerves,Wrisberg Nerve,Wrisberg Nervus Intermedius

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