Imaging of Facial Neuritis

Imaging of Facial Neuritis Using T2-weighted Gradient-echo Fast Imaging Employing Steady State Acquisition After Gadolinium Injection

Improved means of positive diagnosis of facial neuritis, the leading cause of peripheral facial palsy

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 18-80 years
• Subject giving their consent for their participation
• Patients with neuritis facial (neuritis group) who benefited, between 2009 and 2016, from an MRI of the internal auditory ducts, with gadolinous product injection and on the MRI 3 Tesla
• Patients with a perception deafness, without neuritis sign (control group) who also benefited from an MRI with gadolinous product injection on the MRI 3T with the same protocol.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Refusal to participate in the study