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Alexiev BA, Obeidin F, Jennings LJ. Ewing sarcoma with myxoid stroma: Case report of an unusual histological variant. Pathol Res Pract 2019; 215:152665. [PMID: 31585812 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2019.152665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Revised: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We describe the case of a Ewing sarcoma with prominent myxoid stroma of the temporal bone in a 26-year-old female. Histologically, the tumor exhibited a fascicular growth pattern of round to spindled cells with a minimal amount of pale eosinophilic to clear cytoplasm and oval or spindled nuclei with finely dispersed chromatin and small nucleoli. Myxoid changes were prominent (>50%), with reticular or pseudoacinar growth of the loosely cohesive cells. The tumor showed strong expression of CD99, FLI1, and CD56 and was positive for the EWSR1-FLI1 fusion transcript. The diagnosis of Ewing sarcoma with myxoid stroma (myxoid variant) is particularly problematic owing to the large number of potential mimics. The tumor extends the morphologic spectrum of Ewing sarcoma beyond the previously described histological variants, and broadens the differential diagnosis. For any round/spindle cell sarcoma, prominent myxoid stroma and CD99 immunoreactivity should prompt consideration for molecular studies that include analysis of both EWSR1 and FLI1.
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- Borislav A Alexiev
- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 251 East Huron St, Feinberg 7-342A, Chicago, IL 60611, United States.
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 251 East Huron St, Feinberg 7-342A, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 251 East Huron St, Feinberg 7-342A, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
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Cheng JT, Maftoon N, Guignard J, Ravicz ME, Rosowski J. Tympanic membrane surface motions in forward and reverse middle ear transmissions. J Acoust Soc Am 2019; 145:272. [PMID: 30710932 PMCID: PMC6338545 DOI: 10.1121/1.5087134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Characterization of Tympanic Membrane (TM) surface motions with forward and reverse stimulation is important to understanding how the TM transduces acoustical and mechanical energy in both directions. In this paper, stroboscopic opto-electronic holography is used to quantify motions of the entire TM surface induced by forward sound and reverse mechanical stimulation in human cadaveric ears from 0.25 to 18.4 kHz. The forward sound stimulus was coupled to an anatomically realistic artificial ear canal that allowed optical access to the entire TM surface, and the reverse mechanical stimulus was applied to the body of the incus by a piezo-electric stimulator. The results show clear differences in TM surface motions evoked by the two stimuli. In the forward case, TM motion is dominated by standing-wave-like modal motions that are consistent with a relatively uniform sound-pressure load over the entire TM surface. With reverse mechanical stimulation, the TM surface shows more traveling waves, consistent with a localized mechanical drive applied to the manubrium embedded in the TM. With both stimuli, the manubrium moves less than the rest of the TM, consistent with the TM acting like a compliant membrane rather than a stiff diaphragm, and also consistent with catenary behavior due to the TM's curved shape.
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- Jeffrey Tao Cheng
- Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Del Brutto OH, Mera RM, de la Luz Andrade M, Espinosa V, Castillo PR, Zambrano M, Nader JA. Temporal bone thickness and texture are major determinants of the high rate of insonation failures of transcranial Doppler in Amerindians (the Atahualpa Project). J Clin Ultrasound 2016; 44:55-60. [PMID: 26178311 DOI: 10.1002/jcu.22284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Revised: 04/03/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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PURPOSE To assess the role of temporal bone characteristics in transcranial Doppler (TCD) insonation failures in Amerindians living in rural Ecuador. METHODS We evaluated thickness and texture of temporal bones in community-dwelling Amerindians ≥65 years old undergoing TCD. Using receiver operator characteristics curve analysis and generalized estimating equations, we investigated factors associated with insonation failures. RESULTS Of 65 participants (mean age 74.7 ± 6.7 years, 60% women), 32 (49%) had uni- or bilateral insonation failure through temporal windows. Considering temporal bones independently, 57 of 130 (44%) had poor insonation. Mean thickness was higher (4.7 ± 1.2 versus 2.7 ± 0.9, p < 0.0001), and texture more often heterogeneous (93% versus 22%, p < 0.0001) in bones with poor acoustic windows. Thickness, better predicting poor insonation, was ≥3.6 mm if used alone, and ≥2.7 mm if used together with heterogeneous texture. For every millimeter of increase in thickness, subjects were 2.9 times more likely to have insonation failures. Per se, heterogeneous texture increased by 3.2 times the odds for poor insonation. In all models, being woman increased the odds for poor insonation by six to nine times. CONCLUSIONS Temporal bone thickness and texture are independent predictors of TCD insonation failure in Amerindians.
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- Oscar H Del Brutto
- School of Medicine, Universidad Espíritu Santo-Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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- Gastroenterology Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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- Sleep Disorders Center, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL
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- Department of Neurology, Hospital Medica Sur, Mexico City, Mexico
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Kanz F, Reiter C, Risser DU. Citrate content of bone for time since death estimation: results from burials with different physical characteristics and known PMI. J Forensic Sci 2015; 59:613-20. [PMID: 24868565 DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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A recently introduced method to determine the postmortem interval (PMI) based on quantification of the citrate content in bone was applied on the temporal bones and femora of 20 individuals buried in wooden coffins (WO) and body bags (BB), respectively. Concerning known vs. calculated PMI, a significant difference between the temporal and the femur bone samples of the same individuals was observed in the BB group (p = 0.012). In contrast, differences were insignificant for the WO group (p = 0.400). Moreover, similar levels of underestimation of PMIs resulted from the analysis of the femora for both burial groups (p = 0.247). Also, there was consistently less citrate preserved in the flat temporal bones as compared to the femora, indicating that the cortical layer of the long bones should be preferentially employed for citrate-based PMI estimations. The results call for additional research on subsurface-buried and surface-deposited remains to enhance the accuracy of the published PMI equation.
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Künzel J, Agaimy A, Hornung J, Lell M, Ganslandt O, Semrau S, Zenk J. Sporadic endolymphatic sac tumor--a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2014; 7:2641-2646. [PMID: 24966979 PMCID: PMC4069893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2014] [Accepted: 03/29/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Endolymphatic sac tumor (ELST) is a rare low-grade locally aggressive neoplasm of the inner ear that may occur sporadically or in the setting of von Hippel-Lindau syndrome. We herein present a case of sporadic ELST in a 39-year-old man, treated using an interdisciplinary approach (surgery+radiotherapy), with a 10-year follow-up. The patient presented with hearing loss of sudden onset. The treatment of choice for ELST is radical tumor resection, which is associated with a good long-term prognosis. Remission may last for years, but there may be local recurrences, probably as a result of incomplete resection. Adjuvant radiotherapy is an option in case of recurrence and could be discussed after incomplete resection. The purpose of this report is to call attention to ELSTs, which are difficult to diagnose due to their rarity and variety of presentations.
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- Julian Künzel
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Erlangen-NurembergErlangen, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Erlangen-NurembergErlangen, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Erlangen-NurembergErlangen, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Erlangen-NurembergErlangen, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Erlangen-NurembergErlangen, Germany
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- Department of Radiotherapy, University Hospital of Erlangen-NurembergErlangen, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Erlangen-NurembergErlangen, Germany
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Yang X, Liu XS, Fang Y, Zhang XH, Zhang YK. Endolymphatic sac tumor with von Hippel-Lindau disease: report of a case with atypical pathology of endolymphatic sac tumor. Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2014; 7:2609-2614. [PMID: 24966975 PMCID: PMC4069932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/25/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The authors described a case of a patient with co-existing endolymphatic sac tumor (ELST) and hemangioblastoma in the posterior cranial fossa, which belonged to a subtype of Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease confirmed by the test of VHL-gene. The signs in this 42-year-old female included intermittent headache and dizziness. Imaging revealed a giant mass in the right cerebellopontine angle (CPA) region and another lesion in the left cerebellar hemisphere. The results of biopsy after two operations confirmed the diagnosis respectively. Both of the tumors were resected totally. Nevertheless, we had to confess the misdiagnosis as vascular tumor instead of ELST at the initial diagnosis because of the rarity of ELST associated with atypical histological characteristics. The purposes we reported this case were to describe the atypical pathological feature of ELST and the mutation of germline VHL not mentioned in previously literature, furthermore, to foster understanding of ELSTs with the avoidance of the similar misdiagnosis as far as possible in future.
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- Xiang Yang
- Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University No. 37, Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University No. 37, Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University No. 37, Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Pathology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University No. 37, Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University No. 37, Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan Province, China
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CONCLUSION Well-preserved mRNA could be extracted from frozen human inner ears. Therefore, this study demonstrates that analysis of mRNA could be performed to study the molecular mechanisms of inner ear disorders using human specimens. OBJECTIVES Analysis of RNA as well DNA is requisite to study the molecular mechanisms of inner ear disorders. Methods of isolating RNA from experimental animals have been established, while isolation of RNA from human inner ears is much more challenging. In the present study, we demonstrate a method by which messenger RNA (mRNA) was extracted from human inner ears and quantitatively analyzed. MATERIALS AND METHODS COCH mRNA as well as GAPDH mRNA was extracted from membranous labyrinths dissected from three formalin-fixed and three frozen human temporal bones, removed at autopsy. The length of COCH mRNA and quantity of GAPDH mRNA was compared between the two groups by quantitative RT-PCR. RESULTS COCH mRNA could be amplified as much as 976 bp in all three frozen specimens. By contrast, it was amplified to 249 bp in two of the three formalin-fixed specimens, with no amplification observed in the remaining. The quantity of amplifiable GAPDH mRNA in the formalin specimens was only 1% of that of the frozen specimens.
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- Yurika Kimura
- Department of Otolaryngology, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital, Japan
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Kimura Y, Kouda H, Eishi Y, Kobayashi D, Suzuki Y, Ishige I, Iino Y, Kitamura K. Detection of mitochondrial DNA from human inner ear using real-time polymerase chain reaction and laser microdissection. Acta Otolaryngol 2005; 125:697-701. [PMID: 16012029 DOI: 10.1080/00016480510027510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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CONCLUSIONS In this study we were able to amplify and analyze extremely small amounts of template DNA from only a few individually dissected cells. We anticipate that this approach will facilitate the detection and analysis of mitochondrial (mt) DNA mutations in specific cell types in the inner ear, which should shed new light on genetic disorders leading to hearing loss. OBJECTIVE To isolate mtDNA from selected tissues in the inner ear. Although several methods for extracting DNA from formalin-fixed, celloidin-embedded, archival human temporal bones have been reported, the isolation of DNA from the inner ear by means of laser microdissection has not been previously demonstrated. MATERIAL AND METHODS This was a retrospective study. Temporal bones were obtained from subjects with no known otological history at autopsy. The combined method of laser microdissection and real-time polymerase chain reaction was used to isolate mtDNA from selected tissues in the inner ear. RESULTS mtDNA could be isolated from the stria vascularis, spiral ligament, spiral ganglion cells and organ of Corti.
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- Yurika Kimura
- The Department of Otolaryngology, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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OBJECTIVES To elucidate factors that may be responsible for the inhibition of remodeling of bone within the otic capsule. METHODS Expression of osteoprotegerin (OPG), receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B (RANK), and RANK ligand (RANKL) were assayed in samples of bone obtained from the otic capsule, calvarium, and femur, and from the soft tissue within the cochlea using semiquantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in mice. Immunostaining was used for histologic localization of the gene products. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to quantify the amount of OPG within perilymph, serum, and cerebrospinal fluid. The micro-anatomy of the interface between the otic capsule and the fluid spaces of the cochlea was investigated by brightfield and phase-contrast microscopy and by three-dimensional reconstruction in the mouse and human. RESULTS OPG, a powerful inhibitor of bone remodeling, was expressed at extremely high levels within the soft tissue of the cochlea and was present in the perilymph at very high concentrations. The OPG produced within the inner ear may diffuse into the surrounding otic capsule, where it may be responsible for inhibition of bone turnover. Our anatomic studies revealed an extensive system of interconnected canaliculi within the otic capsule that had direct openings into the fluid spaces of the inner ear, thus providing a possible anatomic route for the diffusion of OPG from the inner ear into the surrounding bone. CONCLUSION OPG, a potent inhibitor of osteoclast formation and function, is expressed at high levels within the inner ear and is secreted into the perilymph and the surrounding bone and may serve to inhibit active bone remodeling within the otic capsule, especially immediately adjacent to the cochlea. By this means, the cochlear soft tissue may control the nature of the surrounding petrous bone.
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- Andreas F Zehnder
- Department of Otolaryngology, MA Eye and Ear Infirmary, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Tian XF, Li TJ, Yu SF. Giant cell granuloma of the temporal bone: a case report with immunohistochemical, enzyme histochemical, and in vitro studies. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2003; 127:1217-20. [PMID: 12946217 DOI: 10.5858/2003-127-1217-gcgott] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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A case of giant cell granuloma (GCG) that occurred in the right temporal bone is reported. The lesion showed histologic features identical to GCG. The multinuclear giant cells (MGCs) in the lesion showed strong reactivity with CD68, but patchy staining for myeloid/histiocyte antigen, alpha-1-antitrypsin, alpha-1-antichymotrypsine, and lysozyme. Activity of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase was also consistently detected in the MGCs. Some of the mononuclear cells of the lesion exhibited similar immunocytochemical and histochemical reactivity as the MGCs. Ki-67 staining, however, was only detected in the mononuclear cells. The MGCs isolated from the lesion presented characteristic morphology of osteoclasts and possessed the ability to excavate bone in vitro. Thus, the MGCs in GCG appeared to express both macrophage- and osteoclast-associated phenotypes. The mononuclear cells were the major proliferative elements in the lesion and a subpopulation of these cells may represent precursors of the MGCs.
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- Xue-Fei Tian
- Department of Oral Pathology, School of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
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Takahashi K, Merchant SN, Miyazawa T, Yamaguchi T, McKenna MJ, Kouda H, Iino Y, Someya T, Tamagawa Y, Takiyama Y, Nakano I, Saito K, Boyer P, Kitamura K. Temporal bone histopathological and quantitative analysis of mitochondrial DNA in MELAS. Laryngoscope 2003; 113:1362-8. [PMID: 12897560 DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200308000-00018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Although hearing loss is common in MELAS (syndrome of mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes), the histopathology of the temporal bone has not been reported. The majority of cases of MELAS are linked to a mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutation at nucleotide 3243. In MELAS, normal mtDNA and mutant mtDNA coexist in a heteroplasmic manner. The purpose of the study was to report the otopathological findings from two patients with MELAS and quantitative mtDNA analysis in the inner ear of one of these patients. STUDY DESIGN Basic scientific histopathological examination and quantitative mtDNA analysis of the temporal bone. METHODS Temporal bones were embedded in celloidin and sectioned for light microscopic study. Graphic reconstruction of the cochlea was performed using the method described by Schuknecht. For quantitative mtDNA analysis, total DNA from the membranous part of the inner ear was collected, amplified by polymerase chain reaction, and digested with the restriction enzyme. The percentage of mutant/total mtDNA was measured by the ratio of fluorescence intensity. RESULTS Histopathological examination revealed severe degeneration of the stria vascularis and degenerative change of spiral ganglion cells in both patients. The quantitative DNA studies showed that the proportion of mutant to wild-type mtDNA was similar in both histologically affected and histologically unaffected tissues within the inner ear. CONCLUSION Dysfunction of the stria vascularis and spiral ganglion cells causes sensorineural hearing loss in MELAS.
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The aim of this study was to determine whether neural tissue is present in the bone 'dust' given off during temporal bone drilling. Bone 'dust' from three temporal bone dissections was collected and examined. Evidence of neural tissue was present in two out of the three specimens. Neural tissue is present in the bone dust given off during temporal bone drilling. This poses the question as to the risk of prion transmission during such dissection.
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- A Scott
- Department of Otolaryngology, City General Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
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Frisch T, Sørensen MS, Bretlau P. Recognition of basic fuchsin prestained microfissures of intravital origin with fluorescence microscopy: validation of a shortcut. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2001; 258:55-60. [PMID: 11307606 DOI: 10.1007/s004050000286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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For 70 years it has been suspected that not all microfissures in histological bone sections are artifacts, but that some are provoked in vivo through repetitive stress. The development of undecalcified bone techniques and of the bulk staining technique has established a method for demonstrating the existence of intravital cracks and enhanced the discrimination towards artifactual microfissures in the load-bearing skeleton. Recently the presence of intravital microfissures has also been ascertained in temporal bones by these techniques. Due to the fluorescent properties of basic fuchsin it is possible to use epifluorescence microscopy for analysis of microfissures after bulk staining with basic fuchsin. This provides a more steady microscopic background and a sharper delineation of surface level structures since no projection from lower levels interfere. Artifactual cracks, which in transmitted light microscopy may look like darkly stained intravital microfissures due to refraction phenomena, become invisible or colorless. Epifluorescence microscopy enhances the detection of both smaller and larger prestained intravital microfissures, and leaves only a minor part of the cracks without certain categorization. The epifluorescence mode of analysis has the further advantage of being independent of slice thickness, making feasible whole-specimen analysis by serial stepwise grinding. The present study shows that the number and the length of microfissures in the human otic capsule, counted and measured under the epifluorescence microscope, equals numerically the findings in light microscopy, enabling the routine use of this mode of analysis. This may prove to be of particular value in the research into the etiology and pathogenesis of otosclerosis as well as perilymphatic fistulae.
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- T Frisch
- Otopathological Laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery F-2071, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
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RNA analysis is essential for understanding biological activities of a cell or tissue. Unfortunately, retrieval of RNA from existing archives of human temporal bones has proven extremely difficult due to degradation of RNA molecules. The major factors that contribute to degradation of RNA in specimens from autopsied temporal bones are tissue autolysis due to time elapsed before autopsy, and technical problems in processing the bones after harvest. We therefore focused on improving the survival of RNA in human temporal bones by shortening the time to autopsy and through modification of the processing technique by removing targeted tissues directly from the temporal bones and by avoiding time-consuming decalcification and celloidin-embedding. Eight temporal bones collected at immediate autopsies were used in this study. Representative mRNAs, ranging from high (MUC5B, physically unstable) to low (beta-actin, physically stable) molecular weights, and from abundant (MUC5B) to non-abundant (MUC1) RNA, were studied by in situ hybridization, Northern blot technique, or both. Using this modified protocol in autopsies performed up to 6 h after death, the existence of mRNAs was demonstrated in all bones studied. This improved method demonstrates the feasibility of the use of autopsied temporal bone tissues for RNA analysis.
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- J Lin
- Otitis Media Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, USA
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Grant GA, Wener MH, Yaziji H, Futran N, Bronner MP, Mandel N, Mayberg MR. Destructive tophaceous calcium hydroxyapatite tumor of the infratemporal fossa. Case report and review of the literature. J Neurosurg 1999; 90:148-52. [PMID: 10413170 DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.1.0148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Tophaceous pseudogout is one of the rarest forms of crystal deposition disease, typically presenting as a destructive and invasive mass involving the temporomandibular joint or the infratemporal fossa region in the absence of any other articular manifestations. Previous cases have been assumed to be caused by calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystal deposition, based on finding weakly birefringent crystals in the involved tissues. The authors present the unique case of a 65-year-old woman with a destructive and invasive facial mass extending to the middle cranial fossa with microscopic and clinical features consistent with tophaceous pseudogout. High-resolution x-ray crystallographic powder diffraction and Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy subsequently revealed that the crystals were composed of calcium hydroxyapatite without CPPD. The patient was later found to have primary hyperparathyroidism and mild hypercalcemia. This case demonstrates that tissue deposits of calcium hydroxyapatite can cause a destructive and invasive mass containing weakly birefringent crystals and raises the question of whether previous cases attributed to tophaceous pseudogout resulting from CPPD actually were composed of birefringent calcium hydroxyapatite.
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- G A Grant
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, USA
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Dai P, Jiang S, Yang W. [Extraction, amplification, recombination and sequencing of the mitochondrial DNA from celloidin embedded human temporal bone sections]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Ke Za Zhi 1998; 33:206-9. [PMID: 11717883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To establish an analytical method of DNA extracted from human celloidin-embedded temporal bone sections by molecular biologic technique. METHODS Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with different primers, special amplification methods or coorperated with enzyme restricted reactions was adapted to detect several types of genetic mutations from 9 human celloidin-embedded temporal bone sections. The pGEM-T vector was used for the recombination and cloning of the amplified DNA fragment. RESULTS The 135 bp fragments of normal mtDNA were detected from all of the 9 cases. The 316bp fragment related to mtDNA 4977bp deletion was also detected in two cases who suffered from presbycusis before death by the nested PCR. The result of sequencing confirmed the accuracy of PCR. CONCLUSION The application of molecular biologic techniques in temporal bone research is important in improving the quality and value of retrospective study of ear diseases and has resulted in findings of the relevant mutant or pathogenetic genes in the ear diseases such as presbycusis, ototoxic deafness, otosclerosis and viral infections of the ear.
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- P Dai
- PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853
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Receptors and ligands of the Eph family have recently been shown to influence the development of a variety of tissues. In the present study, the temporal and spatial distribution of Eph receptors and ligands were investigated in the embryonic and postnatal cochlea using Northern blot and immunohistochemical analysis. The results of Northern blot experiments revealed that a large number of Eph family members were present in embryonic cochlear and vestibular ganglia. Immunohistochemical studies revealed that ligands and receptors of the GPI subclass were distributed in complementary patterns within the differentiating spiral limbus, inner sulcus and outer sulcus. The distribution of these molecules became more restricted beginning in the first postnatal week. In contrast, members of the transmembrane subclass of Eph ligands were largely associated with cochlear neurons and their target hair cells. Expression of these ligands appeared to increase during the second postnatal week, corresponding to the period of peripheral nerve fiber reorganization in the cochlea. Together, these studies suggest that multiple Eph family members play unique roles in formation of the cochlea.
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- L M Bianchi
- Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA.
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Mizoguchi I, Takahashi I, Sasano Y, Kagayama M, Kuboki Y, Mitani H. Localization of types I, II and X collagen and osteocalcin in intramembranous, endochondral and chondroid bone of rats. Anat Embryol (Berl) 1997; 196:291-7. [PMID: 9363851 DOI: 10.1007/s004290050098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Chondroid bone is a unique calcified tissue intermediate between bone and cartilage. To clarify its characteristics, we examined the distributions of the ECMs associated with chondrogenic differentiation and matrix calcification in the chondroid bone of the rat glenoid fossa, and compared them to those in two typical bone tissues, alveolar bone of the maxilla (intramembranous bone) and the growth plate of long bone (endochrondral bone), using immunofluorescence techniques. Morphologically, the glenoid fossa consisted of the fibrous, progenitor and cartilaginous cell layers and the cartilaginous cell layer was further divided into the superficial non-hypertrophic layers (secondary cartilage) and the deep hypertrophic cell layers (chondroid bone). The co-distribution of type I and type II collagens was observed in secondary cartilage and chondroid bone, whereas type X collagen was restricted to the pericellular matrix of hypertrophied cells (chondroid bone). Osteocalcin, which was absent from the calcified cartilage of endochondral bone formation, was also present in the ECM of the chondroid bone, but not in cells. These results demonstrate that chondroid bone of rats, which is adjacent to secondary-type cartilage in the glenoid fossa, has phenotypic expressions associated with both hypertrophied chondrocytes and osteocytes.
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- I Mizoguchi
- Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Flygare L. Degenerative changes of the human temporomandibular joint. A radiological, microscopical, histomorphometrical and biochemical study. Swed Dent J Suppl 1997; 120:3-67. [PMID: 9065985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- L Flygare
- Department of Oral Radiology, Faculty of Odontology, Lund University, Malmö
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Ali AM, Sharawy M. Histochemical and immunohistochemical studies of the effects of experimental anterior disc displacement on sulfated glycosaminoglycans, hyaluronic acid, and link protein of the rabbit craniomandibular joint. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1996; 54:992-1003; discussion 1003-4. [PMID: 8765389 DOI: 10.1016/s0278-2391(96)90399-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of surgically induced anterior disc displacement (ADD) on sulfated glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) such as keratan sulfate (KS), chondroitin-4-sulfate (C4S), and chondroitin-6-sulfate (C6S), hyaluronic acid (HA), and link protein (LP) of the rabbit craniomandibular joint (CMJ) using histochemical and immunohistochemical techniques. MATERIALS AND METHODS The right joint of 20 rabbits was exposed surgically, and all discal attachments were severed except for the posterior attachment. The disc was then repositioned anteriorly and sutured to the zygomatic arch. The left joint served as a sham-operated control. Ten additional joints were used as nonoperated controls. Deeply anesthetized rabbits were perfused with 2% buffered formalin 2 weeks (10 rabbits) or 6 weeks (10 rabbits) after surgery. Discs, bilaminar zones, condyles, and articular eminences were excised. Condyles and articular eminences were decalcified in ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). All tissues were sectioned at 10 microns in a cryostat. Sections were incubated with alcian blue and monoclonal antibodies directed against KS, C4S, C6S, HA, or LP. After incubation in the appropriate fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labeled secondary antibodies, tissue sections were studied under the fluorescence microscope. RESULTS The results showed a reduction in alcian blue staining and KS, C4S, C6S, HA, and LP immunostaining in the disc and articular surfaces at 2 weeks after induction of ADD. This reduction was followed by an increase in their immunostaining at 6 weeks. Also, there was a progressive increase in alcian blue staining, and KS, C4S, C6S, and HA immunostaining in the bilaminar zone at 2 and 6 weeks. CONCLUSION It was concluded that surgical induction of ADD in the rabbit CMJ leads to alterations in KS, C4S, C6S, HA, and LP content, consistent with similar changes accompanying osteoarthritis of other synovial joints.
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- A M Ali
- School of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, USA
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O'dell NL, Burlison SK, Starcher BC, Pennington CB. Morphological and biochemical studies of the elastic fibres in the craniomandibular joint articular disc of the tight-skin mouse. Arch Oral Biol 1996; 41:431-7. [PMID: 8809305 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9969(96)00001-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The tight-skin (TSK) mouse is characterized by the hyperplasia of loose connective tissues, and of excessive growth of cartilage and of bones including the mandible. Since the fibroelastic connective tissues of the craniomandibular joint (CMJ) are essential to the functions of this joint, the present histological study compared the presence and general distribution of elastic fibres in CMJ discal tissues of TSK and normal mice. The excised CMJs were processed for light microscopy. The tissues were fixed, demineralized, embedded in paraffin, sectioned and then stained with resorcin-fuchsin to demonstrate elastic fibres. There were no obvious histological differences in either the amount or the distribution of elastic fibres in the discs from the two groups. In both groups, elastic fibres were found in the disc and in many of the attachments of the disc to the mandible and squamosal bone. In addition to the morphological preparations, articular discs and samples of lung tissue were excised from other mice and subjected to a radioimmunoassay for desmosine in order to estimate the amounts of elastin in these tissues; the amount of elastin was significantly reduced in the TSK lung, but the amounts of elastin in the TSK and normal CMJ discal tissues were not significantly different statistically. These morphological and histochemical results suggest that the distribution and quantity of elastic fibres in the TSK mouse disc are not significantly different from those in the normal mouse articular disc. Moreover, these data may be interpreted to either suggest a differential effect on the elastic fibres in different TSK tissues, or to support the suggestion that abnormal degradation of elastic fibres may not be characteristic of the TSK mouse.
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- N L O'dell
- Department of Oral Biology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-1122, USA
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- R L Davis
- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08855, USA
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PURPOSE Malignant melanoma is known to metastasize to the temporal bone. However, melanocytes exist in the normal inner ear and may be difficult to distinguish from metastatic melanotic cells. This study describes distribution of normal melanin in the ear and metastatic melanoma to the temporal bone. MATERIALS AND METHODS Normal melanin distribution is described in 48 temporal bones from White (18), Native-American (19), and African-American (11) individuals and metastatic melanoma to the temporal bone is described in four cases (seven temporal bones). Temporal bones were removed at autopsy, fixed in 10% buffered formalin, and processed for routine celloidin embedding. Sections were cut at a thickness of 20 microns and every tenth section was stained with hematoxylin-eosin for light microscopic evaluation. RESULTS Normal melanin was found in the inner ear, mainly around terminal neural structures and blood vessels, and occurred in greater quantities in African-American individuals. Metastatic melanotic cells reached the temporal bone by hematological dissemination, and by neural invasion from the central nervous system. No correlation was found between histopathological findings and clinical symptoms of patients. CONCLUSIONS Metastatic melanoma to the temporal bone may be seen in the same areas as normal melanin. They may also be observed in bone marrow cells of the petrous bone and along the course of nerves of the internal auditory canal and cochlear vestibular labyrinth, either by following neural sheaths or blood vessels that run along the nerve. Metastatic disease to the temporal bone is often asymptomatic, or it may present with uncharacteristic symptoms that may delay diagnosis.
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- C M Navarrete
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, USA
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The composition of the contents of the endolymphatic sac (ES) has yet to be fully defined. Carbohydrates have been found in the ES of human fetuses and animals but not identified in the adult human ES. In the present study, celloidin was removed from previously prepared human temporal bone sections and a histochemical method was used to detect carbohydrates and protein in the ES. Six biotinylated lectins were used to identify specific carbohydrates in 15 ears: beta-D-N-acetylglucosamine, beta-D-galactose, D-galactose, alpha-D-mannose, D-N-acetylgalactosamine and alpha-L-fucose. The intensity of staining was graded qualitatively. A substance in the ES tubules that did not stain with any lectin was identified by the Millon reaction as containing protein. The carbohydrates and protein may exist in the different tubules or in the same tubule without mixing. This finding seems to support the idea that at least some of these substances are produced locally in the ES. Our observations support the hypothesis of the existence of a secretion and degradation system in the endolymphatic sac.
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- Q Tian
- House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, CA
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A method was developed for fast and efficient isolation of DNA from formalin-fixed, decalcified, celloidin-embedded human temporal bone sections for subsequent use in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) DNA amplification. The method relies on the use of an enzymatic digestion with proteinase K to release and solubilize the patient's DNA from an individual 20- to 25-microns temporal bone section. The method described should be of great value to those investigators extracting DNA from archival individual human temporal bone sections for polymerase chain reaction assays of specific genetic alterations associated with temporal bone pathologies. The molecular characterization of viral infections, oncogenes, or other etiological agents of disease using PCR could provide important information regarding the etiopathogenesis of many auditory, vestibular, and facial nerve disorders, such as autoimmune hearing loss, congenital hearing losses, Meniere's disease, otosclerosis, or Bell's palsy.
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- P A Wackym
- Goodhill Ear Center, UCLA School of Medicine 90024-1794
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Wackym PA. Ultrastructural organization of calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactive efferent axons and terminals in the vestibular periphery. Am J Otol 1993; 14:41-50. [PMID: 8424475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The ultrastructural distribution of calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivity (CGRPi) was examined in sections of decalcified temporal bones in order to study the complex peptidergic innervation patterns of this efferent neuromodulator in the peripheral vestibular system of the rat. A new method of preembedding immunoelectron microscopy was developed to accomplish this study. Unmyelinated CGRPi axons, measuring 1 to 3 microns in diameter, passed among the primary afferent fibers in Scarpa's ganglion, and these fibers continued through the subepithelial regions of the vestibular end-organs. Within the neurosensory epithelia of the maculae and cristae, the CGRPi axons ramified to produce numerous CGRPi terminals. Immunoelectron microscopic localization of CGRPi terminals in the maculae and cristae revealed an extensive innervation pattern on the afferent vestibular pathway. Calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactive terminals made synaptic contacts with the unmyelinated portions of the primary afferent vestibular fibers innervating both type I and type II hair cells. Abundant synaptic contact between CGRPi terminals and the chalices surrounding type I hair cells was observed. Rare direct contact between CGRPi terminals and type I or type II hair cells was observed. In addition, vesiculated efferent terminals without CGRPi were seen contacting type II hair cells. These data suggest that the efferent vestibular system has a much more complex innervation pattern on the afferent vestibular pathway than previously believed.
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- P A Wackym
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City
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Shi SR, Tandon AK, Haussmann RR, Kalra KL, Taylor CR. Immunohistochemical study of intermediate filament proteins on routinely processed, celloidin-embedded human temporal bone sections by using a new technique for antigen retrieval. Acta Otolaryngol 1993; 113:48-54. [PMID: 7680182 DOI: 10.3109/00016489309135766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Although immunohistochemical studies of intermediate filament proteins have been carried out on temporal bone sections by using modified fixation/embedding techniques to preserve antigenicity, there have been no light microscopic studies concerning immunohistochemical staining on routinely formalin-fixed celloidin-embedded human temporal bone sections. A method for immunostaining routinely processed celloidin-embedded tissues would be extremely valuable in that it would permit study of the extensive collections of formalin-celloidin temporal bone specimens that exist in major centers of otopathologic research. Recently, we have developed a new technique which can be used to retrieve the antigenicity masked by formalin fixation and decalcification. This method requires immersing slides for 30 min at room temperature in a solution of saturated sodium hydroxide in methanol before immunostaining. Using this method, 45 celloidin-embedded human temporal bone sections were stained with monoclonal antibodies to keratin, vimentin, neurofilament, glial fibrillary acidic protein and desmin as primary antibodies using a sensitive streptavidin-biotin procedure. The results obtained by using this technique are at least equivalent to those obtained with modified fixatives, cryosections or immuno-electron microscopy. This new method may provide a useful approach for studying routinely processed, celloidin-embedded human temporal bone sections and open a new field in immuno-otopathology.
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- S R Shi
- BioGenex Laboratories, San Ramon, CA 94583
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Modern immunologic techniques of immunostaining, immunoblotting, and creation of monoclonal antibodies are gaining wide application in studies of development, function, and pathology of the ear. These techniques require a source of inner ear tissue for production of antigen extract. Human tissue is not readily available, and other mammalian species common in auditory research are small in size. Bovine temporal bones are readily available, and the membranous portions of the inner ear are abundant and easily accessible. Herein we report our technique for acquisition and dissection of bovine temporal bones and preparation and preservation of inner ear antigen.
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- S D Rauch
- Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston 02114
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Shi SR, Tandon AK, Coté C, Kalra KL. S-100 protein in human inner ear: use of a novel immunohistochemical technique on routinely processed, celloidin-embedded human temporal bone sections. Laryngoscope 1992; 102:734-8. [PMID: 1614244 DOI: 10.1288/00005537-199207000-00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The authors recently developed a new antigen retrieval technique which allows immunohistochemical detection of proteins in routinely processed, celloidin-embedded human temporal bone sections. This technique was used in the present study, which reports the occurrence of S-100 protein in the human inner ear. Fifteen celloidin-embedded human temporal bone sections, obtained from the Eastern Temporal Bone Bank at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, were tested with the monoclonal antibody to S-100. This protein was found in the spiral ligament, in Reissner's membrane, in the spiral limbus, and in the basement membrane of the cochlea. S-100-positive, thin fibers could be seen as supporting elements in the acoustic nerve and the facial nerve. This protein was localized along the surface of vestibular wall. The new technique provides an immunohistochemical approach to studying routinely processed human temporal bone sections and may prove useful in the field of immuno-otopathology.
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- S R Shi
- BioGenex Laboratories, San Ramon, Calif. 94583
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This study was undertaken to evaluate a systematic analysis of mineral and trace elements of individual functionally determined parts of adult temporal bone. Marked differences were observed in basic structural elements (Ca, P, Mg, and Zn) among different bone regions. The more so, molar Ca/P ratio was significantly different in various regions, being highest in the hammer and vestibular regions. Taxonomic analysis revealed specific differences in the mineral ratio between the two petrous bone regions believed to develop from various embryonal bases. According to results, the observed differences in mineral trace element composition of particular regions of human temporal bone might be explained by their developmental specificities and functional adaptation.
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- V Katić
- Clinics of Otorhinolaryngology, Zagreb University School of Medicine, Yugoslavia
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O'Dell NL, Starcher BC, Wilson JT, Pennington CB, Jones GA. Morphological and biochemical evidence for elastic fibres in the Syrian hamster temporomandibular joint disc. Arch Oral Biol 1990; 35:807-11. [PMID: 2264798 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9969(90)90005-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Elastic fibres are considered to be important for the normal biomechanical functions of the TMJ. The objective here was to correlate morphological evidence for the presence of elastic fibres in discal tissues with biochemical evidence for elastin. For light microscopy, the joints were removed en bloc, processed for paraffin embedding, sectioned and stained with resorcin-fuchsin. For biochemical study, a radioimmunoassay for desmosine was used to estimate the amount of elastin in excised articular discs. The histological preparations showed that numerous elastic fibres were present in various areas of the disc and in some of the discal attachments to surrounding bone. Radioimmunoassay also indicated that elastin was present in these tissues. Therefore, the biochemical findings support the morphological in suggesting that elastic fibres are present in the articular disc of the hamster TMJ.
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- N L O'Dell
- Department of Oral Biology/Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta
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MAURER H. [The mineral content of the temporal bone in man]. Arch Ohren Nasen Kehlkopfheilkd 1960; 176:672-4. [PMID: 13768421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/24/2023]
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