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University of Chicago oto-pathology papers with current researchers January 2026

Hinojosa R, Redleaf MI, Green JD Jr, Blough RR. Spiral ganglion cell survival in labyrinthitis ossificans: computerized image analysis. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Suppl. 1995 Sep;166:51-4.
PMID: 7668756

Redleaf MI, Blough RR. Distance from the labyrinthine portion of the facial nerve to the basal turn of the cochlea. Temporal bone histopathologic study. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1996 Apr;105(4):323-6. doi: 10.1177/000348949610500416. PMID: 8604898

Hinojosa R, Nelson EG, Lerner SA, Redleaf MI, Schramm DR. Aminoglycoside ototoxicity: a human temporal bone study.Laryngoscope. 2001 Oct;111(10):1797-805. doi: 10.1097/00005537-200110000-00025. PMID: 11801948

Gluth MB, Nelson EG. Age-related change in vestibular ganglion cell populations in individuals with presbycusis and normal hearing. Otology & Neurotology. 2017 Apr 1;38(4):540-6.

Bellairs JA, Gluth MB. A histopathological connection between a fatal endolymphatic sac tumour and von Hippel–Lindau disease from 1960. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 2018 Jan;132(1):75-8.

Christov F, Nelson EG, Gluth MB. Human superior olivary nucleus neuron populations in subjects with normal hearing and presbycusis. Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology. 2018 Aug;127(8):527-35.

Christov F, Gluth MB. Histopathology of the mucosa of eustachian tube orifice at the middle ear in chronic otitis media with effusion: possible insight into tuboplasty failure. Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology. 2018 Nov;127(11):817-22.

Christov F, Nelson EG, Kruper GJ, Okonkwo AM, Gluth MB. Giant cell tumor of the pinna. Otology & Neurotology. 2019 Aug 1;40(7):e758-60.

Christov F, Nelson EG, Xu LJ, Lopez IA, Ishiyama A, Gluth MB. Histology of the cochlear outer sulcus cells in normal human ears, presbycusis, and Meniere’s disease. Otology & Neurotology. 2020 Apr 1;41(4):e507-15.

Boya MN, Ark ED, Shah A, Redleaf M. The Radium Dial Painters in the John Lindsay Otopathology Laboratory and Archives. Ear Nose Throat J. 2024 Jan 11:1455613231225619. doi: 10.1177/01455613231225619. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 38205781 No abstract available.

Ark ED, Boya MN, Shah A, Ozgen B, Redleaf M. Four-Hour-Delayed Gadolinium 3D REAL IR and SPACE FLAIR MRI Correlated to Meniere Disease Histology. Ear Nose Throat J. 2024 Jun 13:1455613241261461. doi: 10.1177/01455613241261461. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 38872311
Ark ED, Gelaye BK, Redleaf M. Harold Schuknecht and Temporal Bone Otopathology in the United States. Ear Nose Throat J. 2025 Feb 10:1455613251319157. doi: 10.1177/01455613251319157. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39925237.

Sennaroglu L, Boya MN, Gluth MB. Histopathology of Inner Ear Malformations: Important Considerations for Cochlear Implant Surgery. Otol Neurotol. 2026 Jan 28. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000004818. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41593843.

Sennaroglu L, Boya MN, Redleaf MI. Histopathological Factors Contributing to Recurrent Meningitis in Inner Ear Malformations. Otol Neurotol. 2025 Oct 1;46(9):e395-e398. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000004591. Epub 2025 Jul 22. PMID: 40693880.

Honnurappa V, Mahajan N, Vijayendra V, Boya MN, Shah A, Ark E, Gelaye BK, Redleaf M. Tympanosclerosis – Operative Strategy with Intact Ossicles. Submitted Feb 2025.

Conference presenatations:

Wallace, A., Boya, M.N., & Gluth, M. (2025, March 22-29). Perilymphatic Fistula Revisited—A Histopathological Study of Inner Ear Dehiscence and Possible Third Window Syndrome [Conference presentation]. The Prosper Meniere Society International Symposium and Workshops on Inner Ear Medicine and Surgery, Zell am Ziller, Austria.

Temporal bone research 2025 & 2026 (ongoing) – clinically oriented investigations using series of diagnosed specimens:

1) Inflammation of the facial nerve sheath in Bell’s Palsy – with U Minnesota.
2) Vascular structures accompanying the vertical facial nerve.
3) Vascular induction in aural glomus tumors – with UIC pathologist.
4) Distribution of granulomatous disease in the middle ear and mastoid – with UIC pathologist.
5) Fat-wire stapedectomy is safe and effective.
6) Perilymphatic fistula – is it real?
7) Superimposition of fetal alcohol syndrome on congenital syndrome- human temporal bone study
8) Effects of long term alcohol use on hearing organs – human temporal bone study
9) Histopathological changes of organ of hearing in renal failure patients who underwent dialysis