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Human temporal bone feedings in acquire hypothyroidism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

J. Hald ,
C. M. Milroy ,
K. Damkjær Jensen  and
A. Parving
J. Hald
Affiliation:
Department of Audiology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
C. M. Milroy
Affiliation:
Department of Histopathology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London, England.
K. Damkjær Jensen
Affiliation:
Institute of Pathology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
A. Parving*
Affiliation:
Department of Audiology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
*
Agnete Parving, Cheif Physician, Department of Audiology, Bispebjerg Hospital, DK 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Abstract

Histological studies of the auditory organ in patients with acquired hypothyroidism are scarce. Thus the aim of the present study was to examine the temporal bones and the brain is subjects with hypothyroidism. Four temporal bones and two brains from clinically and biochemically hypothyroid subjects were removed and evaluated by light microscopy determine to the morphological changes and deposition of neutral and acid glycosaminnoglycans. An audiogram from one of the patients showed a sensorineural hearing loss. Which could be ascribed to occupational noise exposure. The study revealed histological changes compatible with age and infectious disease. No accumulation of neutral or acid glycosaminoglycans could be demonstrated in the temporal bones, or in the brains.

Keywords

MyxoedemaTemporal boneHypothyroidismacquired

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 105 , Issue 11 , November 1991 , pp. 886 - 889
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1991

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