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ArticleNeuroradiology2021

Labyrinthine enhancement on 3D black blood MR images of the brain as an imaging biomarker for cisplatin ototoxicity in (lung) cancer patients.

Marcos Veiga, Rudolf Kuhweide, Victor Demaerel, Rebecca De Pauw, Bert De Foer, Jan W Casselman

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Marcos VeigaNeuroradiology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7714-4967
Rudolf KuhweideDepartment of ENT-HNS, AZ St. Jan Brugge-Oostende av, Campus Brugge, Brugge, Belgium.
Victor DemaerelDepartment of Radiology, AZ St. Jan Brugge-Oostende av, Campus Brugge, Ruddershove 10, B-8000, Brugge, Belgium.
Rebecca De PauwDepartment of Pneumology, AZ St. Jan Brugge-Oostende av, Campus Brugge, Brugge, Belgium.
Bert De FoerDepartment of Radiology, AZ St. Augustinus, Wilrijk-Antwerpen, Belgium.
Jan W CasselmanDepartment of Radiology, AZ St. Jan Brugge-Oostende av, Campus Brugge, Ruddershove 10, B-8000, Brugge, Belgium. jan.casselman@azsintjan.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8970-6979
AZ Sint-Jan · BEGhent University · BEGZA Ziekenhuizen Campus Sint-Augustinus · BEUnidade Local de Saúde de São José · PT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeCancer patients treated with platinum-based chemotherapy can present with ototoxicity symptoms. The purpose of this work is to report the imaging features related to cisplatin ototoxicity.

methodsBetween December 2015 and March 2019, a cohort of 96 consecutive patients with lung cancer was selected. Only patients who received cisplatin chemotherapy and underwent an imaging protocol consisting of a Gd-enhanced 3D-BB and 3D-T1W sequence, as well as T2W sequence to exclude metastases, were included. Labyrinthine enhancement was assessed, and all findings regarding the auditory and vestibular function were retrieved from the clinical files.

resultsTwenty-one patients met the inclusion criteria. The Gd-enhanced 3D-BB images were used to divide them into the labyrinth enhancement group (LEG) and the labyrinth non-enhancement group (LNEG). None of these patients demonstrated enhancing regions on the 3D-T1W images. The labyrinthine fluid remained high on the T2 images in all patients, excluding metastases. The LEG consisted of 6 patients. The cochlea and semicircular canals were the most frequently affected regions. All the LEG patients that presented with hearing loss (4/6) had cochlear enhancement. Patients with normal hearing had no cochlear enhancement. Five patients (5/6) showed vestibular enhancement. Four of these patients had vestibular symptoms.

conclusionLabyrinthine enhancement as an imaging feature related to cisplatin ototoxicity is unreported. This study demonstrates a correlation between hearing loss and cochlear enhancement and also between vestibular impairment and vestibular/semicircular enhancement on 3D-BB images, which remained invisible on the 3D-T1W images. The labyrinthine enhancement on 3D-BB images in the presence of normal signal intensity of the intralabyrinthine fluid can be used as an imaging biomarker for cisplatin toxicity in daily clinical practice and should not be mistaken for intralabyrinthine metastases.

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Ear, InnerLung NeoplasmsOtotoxicityBiomarkersBrainCisplatinContrast MediaHumansLungMagnetic Resonance ImagingBiomarkersCisplatinContrast MediaCisplatinInner earLabyrinthine enhancementLung cancerMRI black bloodOtotoxicity

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