Online ISSN: 1303-6289
Print ISSN: 0304-4793


Published Online: January 1, 2002

Turkish Archives of Otolaryngology 2001; 39(4): 274-279 Abstract


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 Ultrastructural Examination of the Middle Ear Mucosa in Chronic Otitis Media

Kronik Otitis Mediada Orta Kulak Mukozasının Ultrastrüktürel İncelenmesi
Kerim Nasiri*, Ender İnci*, Sancak Yüksel*, Mehmet Ada*, Nazım Korkut*, Asım Kaytaz*, İrfan Devranoğlu*, Melek Öztürk**, Güngör Şatıroğlu***
*Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Department of Otolaryngology-Head, and Neck Surgery, **Department of Medical Biology, and ***Department of Histology-Embryology, Istanbul, Turkey
Key Words
Chronic otitis media, histopathology, middle ear mucosa 
Abstract
 

 

 

 This study was done by examining the biopsy materials in the Histology-Embryology Department under light and electron microscopy, that were taken from a total of 27 patients, 19 females and 8 males with an age range of 10 to 61 years, who were operated because of chronic otitis media in University of Istanbul, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Otolaryngology Department. Besides common findings like cholesteatoma and metaplasia observed in majority of the cases, various specific histopathologic structural changes like development of abnormal cilia, intracellular canals and presence of neoplastic areas were also recorded.
Accepted after revision: July 2, 2001
Correspondence:
 		Ender İnci, MD 
 Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, 
Department of Otolaryngology-Head, and Neck Surgery
Cerrahpaşa 34303 İstanbul, Türkiye, Phone: (0212) 588 48 00 / 1519
e-mail: enderinci@hotmail.com

 

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