Viral labyrinthitis: early pathology in the human.

摘要: The histologic findings in the temporal bones of three patients who died from viral encephalopathy are presented. Pathology was restricted to scala media, vestibular labyrinth, and internal auditory canal considered be expressions labyrinthitis. changes were different degrees degeneration organ Corti, early encapsulation tectorial membrane, stria vascularis, round cell infiltration modiolus contents canal. A new finding Corti stages cystic vascularis documented. In all cases, saccule degenerated with sloughing otolithic membrane labyrinth involved varying degrees.