下鼓室的应用解剖

目的　探讨颈动脉管、颈静脉窝与下鼓室的变异关系 ,为此区域手术提供可靠的解剖学资料。方法　在XSQ～Ⅱ型手术显微镜下解剖观察了 2 0 0例颞骨标本的下鼓室 ,并用游标卡尺对有关结构进行了测量。结果　下鼓室纵径 0 2 8mm ,横径为 0 85mm ,深为 1 2 8mm。下鼓室底与颈静脉窝相毗邻者见 93 0 %。当颈静脉窝大而上隆时 ,窝顶与鼓室间以薄骨板分隔 ,骨板最薄时仅为 0 2 0mm。颈静脉窝顶突入鼓室腔者占 1 2 5 % ,窝顶有骨质缺损者见 4 0 %。鼓室底与颈动脉管关系随颈动脉位置变化而异 ,有 6 8 0 %的标本颈动脉管位于岬下缘前 1 / 3区 ,4 0 %的标本颈动脉管占据范围达岬下缘后 1 / 3区。结论　下鼓室与颈静脉窝及颈动脉管存在着多种变异关系 ,下鼓室手术及静脉窝区手术应避免损伤颈静脉球及颈内动脉等结构     

下鼓室窦的应用解剖

目的　研究下鼓室窦的形态及变异 ,为下鼓室及迷路下显微外科手术提供应用解剖学资料。方法　用 2 0 0例骨标本在XSQ～Ⅱ型手术显微镜下解剖观察了下鼓室 ;其中 10例标本经CT扫描拍片后用X线图象对照解剖观察。结果　下鼓室底以复层窦或单复层窦混合存在者多见 ,无窦者仅见 3 0 % ,窦腔壁有 6 6 0 %的标本由片状骨板围成 ,骨柱或骨嵴构成者较少见。下鼓室窦向内侧与迷路下窦相连续 ,在岩部骨质内向下扩展可深至鼓部骨板下 1/3平面水平 ,见 12 0 % ,此窦在CT扫描中清晰可见。鼓室内侧壁的岬表面可见岬窦 ,出现率 2 6 0 % ,内侧壁的岬下有迷路下腔者见 5 7 0 %。下鼓室前壁有下鼓室隐窝者占 6 6 0 % ,前壁有下鼓室窦覆盖 ,无窦覆盖并见颈动脉管隆起者见 7 0 %。结论　下鼓室窦存在于底壁及内侧壁 ,对此区手术时保护颈内静脉及下鼓室神经切除术均有实际应用意义。     

蝶窦的应用解剖学研究

目的　为经蝶手术安全切除鞍区肿瘤提供解剖学参数。方法　对 2 0例经 10 %福尔马林溶液固定成人尸头的蝶窦进行观察和测量。结果　 80 %蝶窦为全鞍型 ,其中 12 5 %为鞍枕型 ;仅 2例蝶窦中隔位置居中 ,占 10 % ;鞍底骨质厚度平均为 0 9mm ,其中≤ 1mm者占 5 5 %。颈内动脉在蝶窦内形成隆凸者占 4 5 %。结论　蝶窦中隔不能作为术中中线定位的惟一标准 ;鞍底向两侧扩大时要注意勿损伤颈内动脉海绵窦段     

Unilateral agenesis of the internal carotid artery presented as transient ischaemic attack: a case report

Dysgenesis of the internal carotid artery (ICA) is a rare vascular disorder with a variety of different grades (agenesis, aplasia, and hypoplasia). The left internal carotid artery is reported to be affected by dysgenesis three times more often than the right one. Most of the patients with dysgenesis of the internal carotid artery are asymptomatic. We report a case of a patient with right internal carotid artery agenesis presented to our hospital as transient ischaemic attack. CT scans at skull base level with bone settings showed absence of the right carotid canal, consistent with congenital agenesis of the internal carotid artery. MR imaging of the brain revealed signal void of the intracranial portion of right internal carotid artery. Maximum intensity projection reconstruction confirmed the agenesis of the right ICA, with the right middle cerebral artery fed through a dilated posterior communicating artery and the right anterior cerebral artery supplied by the anterior communicating artery (fetal type of collateral flow). In patients with agenesis of the internal carotid artery non-invasive imaging techniques are currently the mainstay of diagnosis.     

蝶筛窦外侧壁应用解剖

观察５７具成人尸头标本蝶、筛窦外侧壁，以及同视神经管和颈内动脉的毗邻关系。眶板前下宽，后上窄，平均厚度为０．２ｍｍ。９３．８６％的视神经管内壁与蝶、筛窦外侧壁毗邻，且视神经管内蝶、筛窦内突出形成隆起的找率和程度同蝶、筛窦气代程度呈正相关。     

Development of the anterior chordal canal

Resent advances have led to the reexamination of the intraosseous pathway of the chorda tympani a few years ago and they stated that the nerve never enters the mandibular fossa and its exit the skull base in the sphenopetrosal fissure. In our report, 58 temporal bones were investigated after maceration and formalin fixation in order to understand the development of the anterior chordal canal. Our study revealed that the chorda tympani leaves the tympanic cavity through the tympanosquamosal fissure before formation of the anterior chordal canal of Huguier. This canal is situated parallel to and in front of the musculotubal canal and formed by the processus inferior tegminis tympani and the sphenoid bone between the second and fifth years of age. Prior to the age of 2, only the exit of the bony canal exists which is gradually followed by the appearance of a groove in the growing processus inferior tegminis tympani. The borders of the groove elevate and develop to upper and lower plates which lengthen with similar plates of the sphenoid bone, completing the anterior chordal canal by the fifth postnatal year. The entrance of the canal develops above the petrotympanic fissure and similar to the canal itself, it is also completely formed in the fifth year. In case of an incomplete development the anterior chordal canal remains partially opened laterally which might allow the head of the mandibula to effect the chorda tympani mechanically causing Costen's syndrome.     

胆脂瘤型中耳炎的HRCT病理学研究

目的 探讨胆脂瘤型中耳炎的高分辨率CT（HRCT）表现、诊断和鉴别诊断。方法 回顾分析42例（45耳）经手术和病理证实的胆脂瘤型中耳炎病人的HRCT扫描表现。结果 胆脂瘤型中耳炎HRCT表现有：（1）鼓室、鼓窦内软组织影,多表现为团块状;（2）听骨移位和破坏;（3）骨壁破坏：盾板骨及鼓室外侧壁破坏常见,后期可出现乙状窦壁、鼓室天盖、半规管和面神经管等的破坏;（4）鼓膜增厚、内陷;（5）乳突硬化和骨质破坏。结论 胆脂瘤型中耳炎具有特征性CT表现。HRCT扫描能准确诊断早期胆脂瘤,对指导临床治疗有重要意义。     

Petrosal anatomy and inner ear structures of the Late Jurassic Henkelotherium (Mammalia, Cladotheria, Dryolestoidea): insight into the early evolution of the ear region in cladotherian mammals

The petrosal anatomy and inner ear structure of Jurassic cladotherian mammals represent the ancestral morphological conditions (groundplan) from which modern therian mammals (marsupials and placentals) have evolved. We present the reconstruction of the petrosal and inner ear features of the Late Jurassic dryolestoid mammal Henkelotherium guimarotae from high-resolution computed tomography and three-dimensional imaging analysis. This study of Henkelotherium revealed a combination of derived and primitive features, including: cladotherian apomorphies, such as the promontorial sulcus for the internal carotid artery and reduced lateral trough; trechnotherian characters, such as an enclosed cochlear canaliculus for the perilymphatic duct, post-promontorial tympanic sinus and caudal tympanic process; in addition to plesiomorphic mammalian features, such as the cavum supracochleare and prootic canal. The inner ear of Henkelotherium shows a division between the utricle and saccule, a cochlear canal coiled through at least 270°, a distinctive primary bony lamina for the basilar membrane, and a secondary bony lamina. The development of the primary and secondary bony laminae in the cochlear canal is suggested here to be correlated with the concurrent coiling of the bony canal and membranous duct of the inner ear cochlea, apomorphies of the more inclusive cladotherian clade that also represent the ancestral morphotype of modern therian mammals. Because these features are crucial for high-frequency hearing in extant therian mammals, their early appearance in Late Jurassic cladotherians suggests a more ancient origination for high-frequency hearing in mammalian history than previously thought.     

咽升动脉分支的解剖分组及其临床意义

目的:探讨咽升动脉及其主要分支在颈部颅底区域走行规律及其在血管内外治疗中的临床意义。方法:选择以10%甲醛固定并用乳胶灌注的8具（16侧）成人颅颈部标本,自颈总动脉分叉水平向上解剖至颅底骨质,分离显露咽升动脉及周围相关结构,观察咽升动脉的起源部位及主要分支,测量相关解剖学参数。依据咽升动脉主要分支与颈动脉鞘的位置关系分...     

Anatomy of the petrosphenoidal and petrolingual ligaments at the petrous apex

The petrous apex is a complex area surrounded by the cavernous sinus, Dorello's canal and Meckel's cave. The petrosphenoidal ligament (PSL) and the petrolingual ligament (PLL) are important structures located in the region. These two ligaments were examined under a surgical microscope in 10 specimens of five adult cadaveric heads fixed in formalin. They were found to span from the petrous apex to the posterior clinoid process, and the lingula of the sphenoid bone, respectively. The dural sleeve of the abducens nerve, the dorsal meningeal artery or its medial branch, and the venous blood space were located below the PSL in all specimens, and the petrous or sphenoidal insertion of the PSL varied in five specimens. The PLL invariably surrounded part of the dorsal and lateral walls of the lacerum segment of the internal carotid artery (ICA), just under the anteroinferior portion of the anteromedial wall of Meckel's cave in all specimens. The PSL and PLL are valuable anatomical landmarks for identifying the ICA and the nerves in this region. A thorough understanding of the relationship of the two ligaments with neurovascular structures is a prerequisite for surgery in and around the petrous apex. Clin. Anat. 22:302–306, 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.     

显示中耳和内耳细微结构的标准化标本制作方法

目的 探索显示中耳和内耳细微结构直视标本的标准化制作方法。 方法 使用人颞骨材料,在颅内和颅底面画出标准锯路的标志线,选择细齿窄条钢弓锯,沿标志线锯开颞骨显示中耳结构。再用手握式玉石磨钻分别研磨显示内耳结构。最后完成对鼓膜、听小骨、面神经、鼓索神经和颈内动脉等结构的仿真复原,并用合页连结锯开的两半颞骨。 结果 在锯开的颞骨内可清晰显示中耳鼓室的6个壁,以及锥状隆起、咽鼓管、前庭窗和蜗窗等细微结构。磨制后的内耳可见3个打开的骨半规管和耳蜗的剖面。复原后的听骨链、面神经、鼓索神经、颈内动脉和鼓膜等结构,均以三维方式显示原有结构的特征和位置关系。由合页连结的颞骨标本,既可打开观察内部结构,也可合拢显示整体形态。 结论 采用锯开和研磨技术制作耳标本可以取得满意的结果,标准化的锯路标志和标准的定位研磨是成功制作的关键。     

视神经管显微解剖学研究

目的　为视神经管减压术提供解剖学依据。方法　利用解剖学方法对 10 0个颅骨和 6 7个尸头视神经管口及四壁的结构与毗邻进行了观察和测量。结果　视神经管由蝶骨小翼两根与喋骨体构成 ,管自后内向前外斜行 ,分内、外、上、下四壁和颅、眶两口。其上壁、下壁、内侧壁、外侧壁的长度分别为 10 70±0 2 3mm ,6 2 5± 0 18mm ,9 6 7± 0 18mm ,7 91± 0 17mm。内侧壁向筛窦、蝶窦内突入形成视神经管隆凸。视神经在颅口处有硬脑膜压迹 ,视神经腹侧有眼动脉形成的压迹。结论　视神经管隆凸可作为确定视神经管位置的解剖标志。视神经管下壁和内侧壁与视神经、眼动脉、颈内动脉等结构毗邻 ,切除管壁时应注意保护邻近结构。     

The human anterior tympanic artery. A nutrient artery of the middle ear with highly variable origin

The variability of the origin of the anterior tympanic artery was investigated in 104 individuals of both sexes. A surprising laterality was found: thus, while the left anterior tympanic artery originated as a singular vessel from either the maxillary or the superficial temporal artery with almost equal frequencies (44.7 and 45.9%, respectively), the right anterior tympanic artery predominantly branched off from the maxillary artery (77.8% of cases). Besides the origin from either the maxillary artery or the superficial temporal artery, also anterior tympanic arteries branching off from the external carotid artery were found to occur (4% on the left and 1% on the right side). Although in the majority of individuals, a singular anterior tympanic artery occurred within the infratemporal fossa, duplications of the anterior tympanic artery were found to be present: in one case on the right and in 8 cases on their left side. In 1 female individual, a triplet of left anterior tympanic arteries was found to supply the tympanic cavity. Also in these cases, the anterior tympanic artery arose from either the external carotid, the superficial temporal or the maxillary artery. In singular cases, even several other branches of the maxillary artery, viz. the deep auricular, middle, and accessory meningeal, as well as the posterior deep temporal, inferior alveolar and masseteric arteries were found to form common trunks with the anterior tympanic artery.     

Persistence of the stapedial artery: three cases

The authors report three cases of persistence of the stapedial artery, discovered by computed tomography examination. For two cases, a clinical symptomatology was present but probably related to the association with an aberrant carotid artery in the middle ear; the only case of isolated persistence of the stapedial artery was asymptomatic. Direct visualisation of the abnormal artery was possible on the C. T. scans in two cases and a collateral sign as a larger tympanic part of the facial canal was found in the third case inducing a MRI. The incidence of this anomaly is 0.48 per cent from 1,045 dissections of temporal bones but it is generally clinically unrecognized. The hyo?do-stapedial artery appears and develops at the 7-18 mm embryonic stages. Partial or complete persistence have been described associated with no regression or no division of the ventral pharyngeal artery.     

Extracranial internal carotid artery: anatomical variations in asymptomatic patients

The anatomical variations of internal carotid artery (ICA) are mostly asymptomatic, thus being disregarded and only incidentally diagnosed, with very few symptomatic patients. The awareness of these anomalies is crucial to solve the differential with other neck lesions, preventing accidental injuries during neck surgery. Therefore, the aim of our study is to estimate the prevalence of ICA anomalies, using magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) and computed tomography angiography (CTA). 253 patients underwent head and neck MRA and CTA examinations, with multiplanar and volumetric reformations. For each set of images, the following items were investigated: origin, development, course, persistence of embryonic vessels and anomalous origin of collateral branches. In our series, ICA arose from the bifurcation of the common carotid artery at the level of: C4 in 303 hemi-necks (59.9 %); C3 in 98 hemi-necks (19.3 %); C5 in 57 hemi-necks (11.3 %); C2 in 48 hemi-necks (9.5 %). ICA kinking and/or coiling was found in 105 hemi-necks, and location variation of ICA (reversed-type) in two hemi-necks. In just one case the origin of the ascending pharyngeal artery was from ICA (0.2 %), while an anomalous persistence of the proatlantal artery was noticed in three cases (0.6 %). CTA and MRA showed similar accuracy in detecting ICA anomalies.     

The vascular supply of the rat tympanic membrane

The vascular supply of the rat tympanic membrane (TM) was studied by means of otomicroscopy, angiography, acrylic casts, and light microscopy. The branches of the external carotid artery in the external auditory meatus were found to vascularize 1) the pars flaccida, 2) the manubrial part of the pars tensa, and 3) the junction between the fibrocartilaginous ring of the TM and the tympanic sulcus of the temporal bone. The TM vessels of areas 1 and 2 were found beneath the squamous epithelium, close to mast cells and nerve bundles. Vessels originating from the tympanic cavity (also probably emanating from the external carotid artery) supplied the periphery of the pars tensa with minute branches, localized immediately beneath the tympanal epithelium. The portion of the pars tensa between the manubrial part and the periphery lacked a vascular system. Upon mechanical stimulation (gentle pressure on the handle of the malleus), the normally visible vessels dilated and minute branches appeared. This dilation may be caused, at least partly, by a release of vasoactive substances from mast cells and/or nerves in its vicinity. Even under mechanical stimulation, a large portion of the pars tensa seemed to be devoid of vessels. The nutrition of this part may be served by diffusion, with nutrients originating from the vessels in the tympanal rim and along the handle of the malleus. The architecture of the attachment of the fibrocartilaginous ring to the bony sulcus of the temporal bone is quite unique. Thus, the flow in the dense vascular network between these structures may be affected by an altered tension in the pars tensa.     

颈内动脉狭窄对体循环系统影响的集中参数模型研究

研究颈内动脉病变时对整个颈动脉系统的影响。建立了一个带颈动脉分岔血管分支的体循环系统集中参数模型,基于一组可较好地模拟正常生理曲线的参数,通过改变颈内动脉段的集总参数来模拟颈内动脉狭窄,研究了其对颈动脉系统的影响。结果表明:颈内动脉发生狭窄时,会使其自身的流量、压力和颈总动脉的流量发生显著变化。这些变化主要是由液阻和液容的改变引起的,其中液阻的影响更显著。此外,颈内动脉发生狭窄对于颈外动脉的影响较小,对颈总动脉入口压力则不产生影响。由此说明:利用三维计算模型对颈动脉分岔血管进行血流动力学数值模拟时,入口边界条件用入口压力比用入口流量更合适。     

后鼓室手术入路的应用解剖学研究

目的　为后鼓室入路手术提供解剖学依据。方法　利用成人 6 0侧颞骨标本 ,用牙科钻磨开乳突腔 ,打开外耳道外侧壁和鼓室盾板 ,充分暴露后鼓室入路手术中有关的解剖结构。以外耳道上棘、面神经管锥曲为测量标志 ,在手术显微镜下 ,对在手术中遇到的解剖结构之间的距离进行了测量。结果　外耳道上棘至砧骨窝、锥隆起、鼓索隆起、面神经管锥曲、外侧半规管、后半规管、前庭窗、蜗窗、匙突、乙状窦垂直部前缘中点、窦膜角的距离分别是 17 19、18 0 2、15 2 2、14 4 9、15 39、17 35、19 5 8、2 0 0 9、2 0 32、15 6 8、18 76mm。面神经管锥曲至鼓索隆起、水平半规管、后半规管的距离分别是 3 33、1 5 3、2 15mm。结论　外耳道上棘、面神经管锥曲是后鼓室入路的重要手术标志 ,鼓索隆起向内 3mm是手术入路的安全区 ,面神经减压术时应避免损伤水平半规管及后半规管等结构     

Morphological features of atherosclerotic plaques of internal carotid artery sinus (biopsy data from carotid endarterectomy)

A histological study was made of 140 atherosclerotic plaques in the sinus of the internal carotid artery (ICA) removed at carotid endarterectomy. New formed thin-walled vessels of various diameter having the structure of arteries, blocking arteries and, presumably, arteriolo-venous anastomoses were found in 112 plaques. The majority of the vessels were oriented along the ICA this indicating blood circulation parallel to that in ICA. It is assumed that deficiency of blocking arteries results in the development of intraplaque hemorrhages from thin-walled vessels.     

Alveolar bone remodeling in the early stage of experimental apical periodontitis in the rat mandible.

Apical periodontitis was surgically induced in the mandibular first molar of rats and chronological changes in the periapical bone tissue were observed by histochemistry and electron microscopy. On the second postoperative day (Day 2), tartrateresistant acid phosphatase (TRACPase)-positive cells emerged on the bone surface facing the inferior alveolar nerve, whereas alkaline phosphatase (ALPase)-positive cells proliferated on the bone marrow surface of the mandibular canal wall. On Day 3, the active resorption of the mandibular canal wall appeared on the surface facing the inferior alveolar nerve. The bone of the upper wall of the canal was completely resorbed. On Day 4, however, numerous ALPase-positive cells emerged over the bone surface facing the inferior alveolar nerve intermingled with TRACPase-positive cells. On Day 5, repair of the upper wall of the mandibular canal by new bone progressed. Bone formation was also observed on the bone surface facing the inferior alveolar nerve. On Day 6, the upper wall of the mandibular canal was remodeled by the new bone, whereas TRACPase-positive cells had already migrated over the bone surface in the vicinity of ALPase-positive cells. From Days 2 to 5, active trabecular bone formation continued in the bone marrow cavity close to the mandibular canal, while TRACPase-positive cells were found only on Day 6. These demonstrate that inflammatory stimuli activate bone formation coupled with bone resorption, as well as direct trabecular bone formation without a bone resorption phase. A rapid bone turnover in the early stage of apical periodontitis is also suggested. We conclude that bone defects in apical periodontitis are not the result of sole bone resorption but rather, active bone remodeling.