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George Kelemen, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1970;91(1):57-63.

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BESIDES the two basic forms of bone in the otosclerotic focus, produced by metaplasia (the spongious and the sclerotic), a third, less conspicuous component appears represented by spaces surrounded by bone or bordering on lumina of the inner meatus and the cochlea. They are filled by fibrous or granular material, a loose network of delicate fibers that occasionally show cystic arrangement; granulation tissue is suggested. Although known for a long time, this has been granted only a fleeting attention. Connective tissue areas have been described with scarce bony spicules as the result of regression or dystrophy.¹

"Younger" otosclerotic tissue has been characterized as constructed of lamina enclosing in their mesh a mass rich in cells, frequently similar to granulation tissue were it not for a relative paucity in cells; the essential product is a combination of osseous with fibrous tissue.² "Cysts" with extravasated blood have been described in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Los Angeles

From the Los Angeles Foundation of Otology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication May 26, 1969.

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