Magnetic Resonance Imaging Detection of Secondary Endolymphatic Hydrops in a DFNA9 Patient With Sudden Deafness
Anja Bernaerts, Jaouad Abari, Eveline Dieleman, Cathérine Blaivie, Floris L. Wuyts, Joost van Dinther, Andrzej Zarowski, Bert De Foer · 2026
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Anja Bernaerts and co-authors present, in a 2026 case report, magnetic resonance imaging findings in a 68-year-old woman with DFNA9. This is an inherited late-onset hearing loss caused by a change in the COCH gene. She had long-standing, worsening hearing loss in both ears and arrived urgently after sudden further loss in the left ear.
Special delayed imaging sequences also revealed secondary endolymphatic hydrops, a swelling of one inner ear fluid space, which the team links to the sudden loss. Such sequences were already known to show raised protein in the inner ear fluid of these patients. Ear specialists get a reminder that this inherited condition can hide a second, image-detectable cause of sudden deafness.
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| CREATOR | Anja Bernaerts, Jaouad Abari, Eveline Dieleman, Cathérine Blaivie, Floris L. Wuyts, Joost van Dinther, Andrzej Zarowski, Bert De Foer |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 7427 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |