Affiliation:
1. Department of Otolaryngology‐Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital Shandong University Jinan China
2. Shandong Provincial Vertigo & Dizziness Medical Center Jinan China
3. Laboratory of Vertigo Disease Shandong Institute of Otorhinolaryngology Jinan China
4. Shandong Medical Health Key Laboratory of Vertigo & Vestibular Medicine Jinan China
5. Medical Imaging Center, Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital Shandong University Jinan China
Abstract
ObjectiveWe investigated correlations among clinical features, degree of inner ear endolymphatic hydrops (EH), and hippocampal volume (HV) in different stages of Meniere's disease (MD).MethodsFrom February 2021 to April 2022, clinical data were collected from 99 patients (39 males, 60 females, mean age: 50.4 ± 10.0 [range: 26–69] years) with unilateral MD admitted to the Department of Vertigo Disease of Shandong ENT Hospital. The left and right ears were affected in 64 and 35 patients, respectively. There were 50 and 49 cases in early (Stages 1, 2) and late stages (Stages 3, 4), respectively. Fifty healthy participants were included as controls. Audiovestibular function test results, EH grading using gadolinium‐enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and HV determined on MRI were analyzed for patients at different stages of MD.ResultsBetween‐group comparisons of early and late MD revealed significant differences in the disease course, vestibular function (VF), degree of EH, and HV. There were no significant between‐group differences based on age, sex, affected side, subjective degree of dizziness, hospital anxiety, or depression. Mean HV in patients with early‐stage MD was correlated with the canal paresis value of the caloric test and pure tone hearing threshold, HV in late‐stage patients was correlated with vestibular EH.ConclusionPatients with late‐stage MD exhibited severe auditory and VF impairments, increased EH, and atrophy of the HV. More advanced disease was associated with greater vestibular damage and degree of EH.Level of Evidence3 Laryngoscope, 134:410–418, 2024
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
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