FALSE-POSITIVE MRI IN A PATIENT WITH OTONEUROLOGICAL PATHOLOGY

After a short survey on the diagnostic work-up for acoustic neuroma, t he authors underline the importance of magnetic resonance (MRI), enhan ced by gadolinium, for otoneurological pathology. Through the presenta tion of a clinical case, the pros and cons for the routine application of MRI in suspect cerebellopontine angle (CPA) tumours in particular are reviewed. The possibility of false-positive MRI findings is discus sed, although in this specific case a proper therapeutic approach was eventually carried out in order to resolve the associated VIIth nerve disturbance.