title: [Computed tomographic findings of the development of the bone around the vestibular aqueduct in Meniere's disease].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the development of the bone around the vestibular aqueduct (VA) in Meniere's disease (MD) by CT.
  
  
  METHODS
  The experiment consisted of three groups; normal ear group, non-MD vertigo group and MD group. VA in each group was examined by CT, and the minimum distance between the posterior semicircular canal and the posterior petrous surface where contain the endolymphatic sac.
  
  
  RESULTS
  VA visualization rate in MD was low, P-P distance in MD group was shorter than that of normal ear group and non-MD vertigo group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is the fundamental pathological anatomy in MD that VA and the bone around VA are maldeveloped.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou 510010.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: S Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000254:growth & development; D012665:Semicircular Canals / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000254:growth & development; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014723:Vestibular Aqueduct / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000254:growth & development