A general review on the procedures in a human temporal bone laboratory

Year 2006, Volume: 16 Issue: 5, 235 - 240, 14.10.2006

Mehmet Faruk Oktay Sebahattin Cüreoğlu Patricia A. Schachern Micheal Paparella

Abstract

Structures of the human ear are usually inaccessible during life for examination of pathologic changes of the underlying disease, which is only possible with post­ mortem studies of the human temporal bone. Hence, human temporal bone laboratories serve as a unique source of material for research in this respect. They enable comparison between histologic findings of tem­ poral bone sections and the ear pathologies docu- mented prior to death, as well as comparison of diseased ears with any selected temporal bone specimens, both of which provide invaluable knowledge to be shared among researchers and other laboratories.This article aims to provide insight into the functions of temporal bone laboratories and to familiarize the reader with histopathologic studies conducted therein.

Keywords

Dissection, laboratories, temporal bone/anatomy and histology/pathology

İnsan temporal kemik laboratuvarı prosedürleri: Genel bir bakış

Abstract

İnsan kulağındaki yapılar genellikle yaşam boyunca “erişilemez” özellikte olup, altta yatan hastalıklara ait patolojik değişikliklerin incelenebilmesi postmortem çalışmalarla mümkün olabilmektedir. İnsan temporal kemik İTK laboratuvarları bu açıdan eşsiz bir ma- teryal kaynağı sunarlar. Bu laboratuvarlar, temporal kemik kesitlerindeki histolojik bulgularla hastanın öl- meden önceki kulak patolojisinin karşılaştırılmasına, hastalıklı olguları diğer olgularla karşılaştırmaya ve elde edilen bilgilerin diğer laboratuvarlarla paylaşıl- masına olanak verir. Bu makalede insan temporal kemik laboratuvarlarının işlevinin tanıtılması amaç- landı ve yapılan histopatolojik işlemlerin ayrıntılı analiziyle birlikte bu laboratuvarlar hakkında genel bir bakış açısı sunuldu

Keywords

Diseksiyon, laboratuvar, temporal kemik/anatomi ve histoloji/patoloji

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