title: [Morphometric study of the intrapetrous passage of the facial nerve in adult temporal bones and its application to the study of the pathogenesis of Bell facial paralysis].
abstract: After a morphometric study, done in adult temporals, of the inner diametre of the fallopian bony canal, of the thickness of both the epineural space and the nerve trunck (in petrous, tympanic and mastoid segments) and the like with the geniculate ganglion and the pyramidal bend, the AA. thrown out the conclusion that when a generalized edema of the nerve is expected the labyrinthine segment or the distal portion of the mastoidal segment are the sites to be found most precocious or heaviest compressed.
authors.affiliation: Cátedra de Otorrinolaringología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad laLaguna.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Alvárez Santana
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pérez Piñero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Méndez
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Campos Bañales
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: López Aguado
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013223:Statistics as Topic