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Vol. 62. Issue 3.
Pages 199-204 (May - June 2011)
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Vol. 62. Issue 3.
Pages 199-204 (May - June 2011)
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Defect of the Bony Roof in the Superior Semicircular Canal and Its Clinical Implications
Defecto de cobertura del canal semicircular superior y su implicación clínica
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Jaime Whyte Orozcoa,
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, Claudio Martínezb, Ana Cisnerosa, Jesús Obóna, Borja Gracia-Telloa, Miguel Ángel Crovettoc
a Departamento de Anatomía e Histología Humanas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
b Servicio de Radiología, Hospital General de la Defensa, Zaragoza, Spain
c Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain
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Introduction and objective

The aetiology of the superior semicircular canal dehiscence is currently unknown. Our objective was to analyse and discuss different hypotheses about the origin of this pathology.

Methods

In this study performed on 295 temporal bones, one case of partial alteration of the bony roof in the right superior semicircular canal was described from the anatomical and radiological points of view, and compared with the temporal bone on the other side.

Results

Macroscopically, the superior semicircular canal shows deterioration in the bony roof, which consists exclusively of the inner or endosteal layer that separates the canal from the superior semicircular conduct.

The Pöschl plane reconstruction showed a whole bony roof, but its thickness decreased from the canal curvature to the defect (from 0.6 to 0.3mm).

Conclusion

The presence of partial defects in the bony roof of the superior semicircular canal with absence of the external and middle layers, besides its lesser thickness, makes the canal susceptible to suffering a second event. This could produce its fracture and a dehiscence.

Keywords:
Bony defect
Superior semicircular canal
Human temporal bone
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Introducción y objetivo

En la actualidad se desconoce la etiología del síndrome de dehiscencia del canal semicircular superior. Nuestro objetivo es analizar y discutir las distintas hipótesis sobre el origen de dicha patología

Métodos

En un estudio sobre 295 temporales se describe desde el punto de vista anatómico y radiológico un caso de una alteración parcial de la cobertura ósea del canal semicircular superior derecho y se compara con el temporal del otro lado.

Resultados

Macroscópicamente el canal semicircular superior exhibe un deterioro de su cubierta ósea, constituida exclusivamente por su capa más interna o endostal que separa el canal del conducto semicircular superior.

La reconstrucción en el plano Pöschl demuestra que aunque la cubierta está íntegra, su grosor disminuye a lo largo de la curvatura del canal hasta el defecto (0,6 a 0,3mm).

Conclusión

La presencia de defectos parciales en la cobertura ósea del canal semicircular superior con ausencia de sus capas externa y media, sumado a su menor grosor, hacen susceptible al canal para sufrir un segundo evento que podría causar su rotura pudiéndose convertir en una dehiscencia.

Palabras clave:
Defecto óseo
Canal semicircular superior
Hueso temporal humano

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