Analysis of the 3-Dimensional Fluid-Attenuated Inversion-Recovery (3D-FLAIR) Sequence in Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Abstract

Use of 3D-FLAIR MRI at 3 T may contribute to the elucidation of pathologic conditions in the inner ears of patients with ISSNHL and provide new radiologic indicators (mild hemorrhage, acute inflammation, presence or absence of BLB breakdown) that might assume the role of prognostic factors.