Large vestibular aqueduct: large endolymphatic sac?
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Large vestibular aqueduct: large endolymphatic sac?
The first description of large vestibular aqueduct (LVA) was by Carlo Mondini in 1791 from his dissection of the temporal bones of a boy born deaf (Mondini, 1791) Mondini not only described and drew the LVA which he measured at seven lines or about 15 mm wide, but he opened the voluminous endo-lymphatic sac which he found to be 'full of a rather viscous humour, clear and yellowish which obvious...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Laryngology & Otology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0022-2151,1748-5460
DOI: 10.1017/s0022215100135881