["Vacuum petrosum" in the pneumatized petrous portion of temporal bone and associated disturbances of cranial nerve functions (author's transl)].
Authors observed in cases of kryptogenetic diseases of cranial nerves V, VII and VIII a significant higher frequency of well pneumatized petrous portion of the temporal bone than in normal population. They suppose that, parallel to the symptoms of Eustachian tube occlusion in the middle ear region, the "Vacuum Petrosum" causes these disturbances of cranial nerve functions and try to interpret the mechanism in the particular cases.
D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005064:Eustachian Tube / Q000473:pathology; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve / Q000473:pathology
Das "Vacuum Petrosum" bei der pneumatisierten Felsenbeinpyramide und seine Beziehungen zur kryptogenetischen Pathologie der Hirnnerven V, VII, und VIII.