Sando I, Takahashi H, Matsune S
Elizabeth McCullough Knowles Otopathology Laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania.
Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 1991 Aug;24(4):795-811.
New anatomic and histopathologic information regarding the eustachian tube and its surrounding structure as well as possible mechanisms of opening and closing function and dysfunction are discussed in this article. In the past two decades, much light has been shed on the relationship between anomalies of the eustachian tube and the pathogenesis of otitis media with effusion. Now that a technique for obtaining specimens for any histopathologic study that includes the temporal bone as well as the eustachian tube is available, it is hoped that, by harvesting and examining a large number of such specimens, more information will be gained about the relation between eustachian tube pathology and eustachian tube dysfunction, particularly as it relates to otitis media effusion. Only in this way can the clinical management of otitis media be improved.
本文讨论了关于咽鼓管及其周围结构的新的解剖学和组织病理学信息，以及其开闭功能和功能障碍的可能机制。在过去二十年中，咽鼓管异常与分泌性中耳炎发病机制之间的关系已得到诸多阐明。鉴于现在已有一种用于获取包括颞骨及咽鼓管在内的任何组织病理学研究标本的技术，人们希望，通过采集和检查大量此类标本，能够获得更多关于咽鼓管病理与咽鼓管功能障碍之间关系的信息，尤其是与分泌性中耳炎相关的关系。只有这样才能改善中耳炎的临床治疗。
