1987 Volume 1987 Issue Supplement10 Pages 44-50
The histopathological findings in the temporal bone of a 36-year-old woman who died of DIG complicated by Wilson's disease are described.
Wilson's disease is characterized by copper depo s ition in liver and basal ganglial lesion of the cerebrum and cornea. In the sections of temporal bones of this case, neither of these abnormal findings were observed.
Hemorrhage due to DIG was observe d in the middle ear and the inner earperilymphatic spaces of the vestibule and cochlea, internal auditory canal, facial nerve and singular nerve. The patient complained of vertigo with left canal paresis and was diagnosed as having vestibular neuritis two years prior to death. However, no morphologic changes related to vertigo were found in the series of the temporal bone slides.
