PREVALENCE AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SMALL TYMPANIC BONE SPICULES AND DRUMSTICK-LIKE HYPEROSTOTIC TYMPANIC BONE SPICULES IN THE MIDDLE EAR CAVITY OF DOGS
Rounded, sessile, hyperattenuating structures detected in computed tomography (CT) studies of canine tympanic bullae have been termed “otoliths.” These have been proposed to represent dystrophic mineralizations or heterotopic bone formations in the middle ear that are potentially related to chronic...
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Published in | Veterinary radiology & ultrasound Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 25 - 32 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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England
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.01.2015
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Summary: | Rounded, sessile, hyperattenuating structures detected in computed tomography (CT) studies of canine tympanic bullae have been termed “otoliths.” These have been proposed to represent dystrophic mineralizations or heterotopic bone formations in the middle ear that are potentially related to chronic otitis media. Aims of the current study were to describe the prevalence, macroscopic, and histological features of structures consistent with “otoliths” in the canine tympanic cavity. Tympanic bullae from 50 routinely necropsied dogs and 139 retrospectively retrieved CT scans of canine clinical cases were examined. Small tympanic bone spicules with pointed or clubbed tips essentially arising from the free margin of the septum bullae were bilaterally present in the tympanic cavities of all 50 of the necropsied dogs. In 48% of the dogs, “otolith”‐like CT‐detectable bone spicules carrying drumstick‐like hyperostoses that were 1–6 mm in diameter were also present. In the retrospective survey of bulla CT scans of 139 cases, the prevalence of hyperostotic tympanic bone spicules (HTBS) was 20%. Findings from the current study indicated that the presence of small tympanic bone spicules in adult dogs is most likely due to physiological bone growth in the septum bullae and that HTBS represent osseous proliferations of small tympanic bone spicules. However, the factors inducing formation of hyperostotic spicules from small tympanic bone spicules remain unknown. The high prevalence of HTBS displaying a similar appearance in bulla CT scans in dogs suggests that these spicules should be included in a differential diagnosis list for “otoliths.” |
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Bibliography: | ark:/67375/WNG-8PL9G4FR-T ArticleID:VRU12197 istex:336858904A9A7CDC7EC4ED7F585828BAA4BDD9EE Funding sources: None of the authors received any financial support for the preparation of the present study or have a financial or personal relationship with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias the content of the paper. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Veterinary Pathology Section of the German Veterinary Society (DVG) in Fulda, Germany, March 2014. th Previous presentations or abstracts: A poster presentation of the findings presented in this paper was presented at the 57 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1058-8183 1740-8261 |
DOI: | 10.1111/vru.12197 |