Zusammenfassung
Das pathologisch veränderte menschliche Trommelfell (Perforation, Verdickung oder Vernarbung) zeigt in der mittleren Zone der Pars tensa eine deutliche Veränderung des Faserverlaufes. Zwischen den regelrecht angeordneten radiären und zirkulären Fasern sieht man zahlreiche ungeordnete Fasern, die zur Bildung von Bündeln neigen. Es wird also während des Heilungsprozesses einer entzündeten Lamina propria des menschlichen Trommelfelles die normale Faseranordnung gestört.
Summary
Remarkable morphological changes of the fiber arrangement was observed in the middle lamina propria of the pathological human tympanic membranes. These changes were present mainly in the middle zone of the pars tensa. There were several fibers running in entirely different directions among the regularly arranged radial and circular fibers. These abnormal fibers had a tendency of forming fiber bundles of varying sizes and lengths. It is stressed that the normal fiber arrangement was undoubtedly disordered in the healing process of the inflamed middle lamina propria of the human tympanic membrane.
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Hiraide, F., Sawada, M., Inouye, T. et al. The fiber arrangement of the pathological human tympanic membrane. Arch Otorhinolaryngol 226, 93–99 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00455407
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