"Ear, Middle" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The space and structures directly internal to the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE and external to the inner ear (LABYRINTH). Its major components include the AUDITORY OSSICLES and the EUSTACHIAN TUBE that connects the cavity of middle ear (tympanic cavity) to the upper part of the throat.
| Descriptor ID |
D004432
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A09.246.397
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| Concept/Terms |
Ear, Middle- Ear, Middle
- Ears, Middle
- Middle Ears
- Middle Ear
Tympanic Cavity- Tympanic Cavity
- Cavities, Tympanic
- Cavity, Tympanic
- Tympanic Cavities
- Tympanum
- Tympanums
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ear, Middle" by people in Profiles.
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Endovascular occlusion of a persistent stapedial artery prior to stapedotomy: a novel approach. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2023 Oct; 280(10):4701-4707.
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Uncovering the secreted signals and transcription factors regulating the development of mammalian middle ear ossicles. Dev Dyn. 2020 12; 249(12):1410-1424.
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The Potential for Preserved Cochleovestibular Function in the Setting of Prolonged Pneumolabyrinth. Otol Neurotol. 2020 08; 41(7):929-933.
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Treatment of objective tinnitus with transpalatal Botox? injection in a pediatric patient with middle ear myoclonus: A case report. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2019 Jan; 116:22-24.
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Adenomatous Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Middle Ear: A Multi-institutional Investigation of 32 Cases and Development of a Staging System. Otol Neurotol. 2018 09; 39(8):e712-e721.
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Middle ear microbiome differences in indigenous Filipinos with chronic otitis media due to a duplication in the A2ML1 gene. Infect Dis Poverty. 2016 Nov 01; 5(1):97.
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Glomus tympanicum tumors. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2015 Apr; 48(2):293-304.
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Multicenter surveillance of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from middle ear and mastoid cultures in the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 May 01; 60(9):1339-45.
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A case of sensorineural hearing loss involving a fibroepithelial polyp of the middle ear. Am J Otolaryngol. 2015 May-Jun; 36(3):475-8.
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Ectopic external auditory canal and ossicular formation in the oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum. Pediatr Radiol. 2015 Jul; 45(7):1099-102.