Lim D, Jackson D, Bennett J
Laryngoscope. 1975 Oct;85(10):1725-37. doi: 10.1288/00005537-197510000-00014.
The human middle ear corpuscles originally described by von Troeltsch are examined by means of light microscopy in 124 subjects, and electron microscopy in 27 subjects. While the corpuscles are not observed in all 19 individuals under age six, and in all 20 adults who had a history of suppurative otitis media, an average of six corpuscles per temporal bone is found in 98 percent of 83 adult subjects who had no history of middle ear disease. Two-thirds of the corpuscles are located in the mastoid, and the remainder in the middle ear. Often, they become bifurcated or trifurcated. Although light microscopy shows that the corpuscle is formed by lamellar capsules and a central core resembling pacinian corpuscles, electron microscopic study failed to confirm that this structure is a typical pacinian corpuscle. Subsequently, possible physiological significance of this corpuscle is discussed.
运用光学显微镜对124名受试者的人类中耳小体（最初由冯·特罗尔奇描述）进行检查，并运用电子显微镜对27名受试者进行检查。虽然在所有19名6岁以下个体以及所有20名有化脓性中耳炎病史的成年人中均未观察到这些小体，但在83名无中耳疾病病史的成年受试者中，98%的受试者每块颞骨平均有6个小体。三分之二的小体位于乳突，其余位于中耳。它们常常会分叉或三叉。尽管光学显微镜显示该小体由层状被膜和类似环层小体的中央核心组成，但电子显微镜研究未能证实这种结构是典型的环层小体。随后，讨论了该小体可能的生理意义。
