Histopathologic and ultrastructural changes in the temporal bones of HIV-infected human adults.

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a devastating disease that is affecting the human population in epidemic numbers. Patients with AIDS are known to have a significant incidence of otologic disease, including hearing loss, vertigo, tinnitus, otalgia, and infection with unusual pathogens. There has been no previous work on the histopathology of this disease.

Development and specificity of inhibitory terminal arborizations in the central nervous system.

This study examined the morphological development of single inhibitory arborizations in the gerbil central auditory brain stem. Using a brain slice preparation, neurons of the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB) were filled with horseradish peroxidase (HRP), and their complete arborizations were analyzed along the tonotopic axis of the lateral superior olive (LSO). The projections in neonatal animals displayed well-defined arbors that were ordered appropriately within the LSO.

Temporal bone histopathologic findings in drowning victims.

The human temporal bones of five drowning victims, the largest such series, to our knowledge, were evaluated to determine what histopathologic changes occurred. Thickening of the periosteal epithelium, especially on the surgical dome of the otic capsule, was evident in all cases. There was also hemorrhage in the middle ear cavity in four of the cases.

Hanhart's syndrome with special reference to temporal bone findings.

We report two cases of Hanhart's syndrome. The first patient was a male who died in the neonatal period, and whose temporal bones were removed, processed, and histologically examined; the findings are presented in this article. The second case concerns a living patient with the typical characteristics of the syndrome.

Regional distribution of adenosine deaminase in the human neuraxis.

Adenosine deaminase was determined in 28 different areas of the human neuraxis in 5 adult male cadavers, with no known disease of the nervous system, using a very sensitive colorimetric method. The enzyme was highest in the frontal lobe white matter, and lowest in the medulla and all levels of the spinal cord. Enzyme content was about twice as great in the white matter of the frontal and temporal lobes and cerebellum as it was in the cortical gray matter of these areas, but only slightly higher in the white matter of the parietal and occipital lobes as compared to gray.