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Osteoporosis bilateral del yunque, hallazgos otopatológicos

Medicina UPB; 41 (2), 2022
La osteoporosis es una enfermedad sistémica esquelética, cuyas manifestaciones más comunes son las fracturas vertebrales y de cadera. En relación con el oído, se han realizado algunos estudios controversiales que sugieren el aumento de riesgo de pérdida auditiva en pacientes con osteoporosis, mient...

El buceo recreativo y la otorrinolaringología: ¿qué sabemos y deberíamos saber?

El buceo recreativo es una práctica cada vez más popular en la población mundial, sin embargo, no está exenta de riesgos. A medida que transcurre una inmersión, el buzo es susceptible a una serie de cambios de presión que afectan las distintas cavidades que contienen aire dentro del cuerpo humano, ...

Analysis of wideband tympanometry in Ménière's disease

Abstract Introduction: Endolymphatic hydrops is the pathophysiological substrate of Ménière's disease. The changes in the inner ear, transmitted to the middle ear through changes in the ossicular chain mobility, can be quantified by wideband tympanometry, through the measurement of the acoustic absorb...

Sordera neurosensorial congénita con malformación de oído interno ligada al X en una familia mexicana

Introducción. Las sorderas o hipoacusias prelinguales son de etiología genética entre el 60 y el 68% de los casos; de estos, del 20 al 40% son malformaciones del oído interno. De los casos de hipoacusia no sindrómica ligada al X se han descrito siete tipos. De las malformaciones de oído in...

Internal acoustic opening: different osseous landmarks and their clinical implications

Int. j. morphol; 40 (5), 2022
SUMMARY: Internal acoustic opening is a space that opens to facies posterior of the petrous piece of temporal bone that goes inside facial nerve, vestibulocochlear nerve, intermedial nevre and labyrinthine artery. The purpose of this study is the assessment of internal acoustic opening from a morphometri...

Análise das respostas do VEMP cervical e ocular em indivíduos hígidos

Distúrb. comun; 33 (2), 2021
Introdução: os potenciais evocados miogênicos vestibulares (VEMP) são respostas eletrofisiológicas que conseguem fornecer informações dos órgãos otolíticos sáculo, utrículo e do nervo vestibular. O VEMP é um exame complementar à avaliação vestibular, consistindo num exame rápido, de fác...

Disfunções metabólicas e vertigem: apresentação e revisão dos métodos diagnósticos
Metabolic dysfunctions and vertigo: presentation and review of diagnostic methods

Diagn. tratamento; 26 (2), 2021
Contexto: A tontura é um sintoma de alta prevalência e as labirintopatias de causas metabólicas destacam-se como uma das mais frequentes em nosso meio. Distúrbios do metabolismo glicêmico, disfunções tireoidianas e dislipidemias são as principais. Objetivos: Os objetivos deste estudo são descrev...

Histology and immunocytochemical localization of glial fibrillary acidic protein in the inner ear of Scincella tsinlingensis

Int. j. morphol; 39 (2), 2021
SUMMARY: The microstructure of inner ear in Scincella tsinlingensis was observed by light microscopy and the expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in membranous labyrinth among the juvenile age group, subadult age group and adult age group were also detected by methods of immunohistochemis...

Prosper Menière: the man who located vertigo in the inner ear

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 79 (3), 2021
ABSTRACT Since the Greek Aellus Galenum (129 AD - c.200/c.216), vertigo was considered a problem attributed to a cerebral disorder, diagnosed as the manifestation of apoplectiform cerebral congestion. In the mid-19th century, the Frenchman Prosper Menière changed this concept by placing the origin of th...

A minimally invasive endoscope assisted retrosigmoid approach for removal of arachnoid cysts in the internal auditory canal: a step by step description

Abstract Introduction: Arachnoid cyst in the internal auditory canal is a quite rare pathology but due to its compressive action on the nerves in this district should be surgically removed. Several surgical techniques have been proposed but no surgeons have used the minimally assisted endoscope retrosig...