Journal Reviews

Should all patients with BPPV have an MRI?

1 July 2018 | | Aetiology, Algorithm, BPPV, Demographic, Dix-Hallpike, Epley manoeuvre, European, Incidental finding, Infection, MRI, Scan, Semicircular canal, Surgery, Trauma, Tumour, Vertigo

This paper describes an interesting series of 500 patients over a 10-year period with posterior canal BPPV, who had been investigated with MRI. The female to male ratio was 1.6:1 with a mean age of 56. There was a right...

Incidental findings in paranasal sinus Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) studies

1 March 2015 | | ENT | Fluid, Incidental findings, MRI, Mucosal thickening, Opacification, Paranasal sinuses, Polyps, Population-based study, Retention cysts

Incidental findings in the paranasal sinuses of mucosal thickening and polyps in MRI studies may cause concerns for clinicians and patients. The authors studied MRIs of 982 participants with a mean age of 58.5 years who randomly and independent of...