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Surgical Induction of Endolymphatic Hydrops by Obliteration of the Endolymphatic Duct
Published on: January 23, 2010
Destruction of the endolymphatic sac in the cat
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
|September 1, 1976
Abstract:
The endolymphatic duct and sac were destroyed by drilling in a cat that was sacrificied after 2 3/4 years. Histological examination of the temporal bones showed marked endolymphatic hydrops; degeneration of the stria vascularis in the upper coil; degeneration of the organ of Corti and spiral ganglion in the upper and middle coils; and degeneration of the macula of the saccule. It is probable that, in some cases at least, the primary pathology of Menière's disease is in the endolymphatic sac.

