To ascertain the diagnostic yield of MRIs to diagnose vestibular schwannoma based on the patient's presenting symptoms and age.
Findings from this retrospective cohort may refine which symptom profiles and age groups warrant MRI referral for vestibular schwannoma; await full-text review before changing referral criteria, as diagnostic-yield data can vary significantly by population and setting.
Optimising MRI referral criteria for vestibular schwannoma could reduce unnecessary imaging, cut costs, and avoid patient anxiety without missing clinically significant tumors.
- 01Retrospective cohort design assessing MRI diagnostic yield for vestibular schwannoma.
- 02Presenting complaint and patient age were the key variables analysed.
- 03Diagnostic yield studies help determine cost-effective referral thresholds.
- 04Results could inform evidence-based guidelines for MRI ordering in ear, nose, and throat (ENT) and audiology clinics.
- 05Published in Clinical Otolaryngology (DOI: 10.1111/coa.70136).
The diagnostic yield of MRI for vestibular schwannoma varies by presenting complaint and patient age.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42373579
- DOI
- 10.1111/coa.70136.
- Journal
- Clinical Otolaryngology
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 2b
- Population
- Patients referred for MRI to investigate suspected vestibular schwannoma, stratified by presenting symptom and age
- Intervention
- MRI imaging for vestibular schwannoma detection
Primary outcomes
Diagnostic yield of MRI stratified by presenting complaint; Diagnostic yield of MRI stratified by patient age