PubMed Health⌕ Search

Biomedical subjects

L B Newberg

Publications and source records attributed to L B Newberg.

4 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1985

Microscopic analysis of the mastoid bone in chronic serous otitis media.

The pathologic changes of the middle ear and mastoid bone mucosa in two pediatric patients with long standing chronic serous otitis media were studied by electron and light microscopy. The embryological development of the eustachian tube, middle ear cleft, and mastoid bone suggests a common physiological and anatomical continuity. The histological changes by light and electron microscopy in these patients demonstrates the metaplastic changes of the basal cell of the mucosa differentiating into mucous and keratin cells. These metaplastic changes are associated with the exudative process known as chronic serous otitis media.

Biopsy↗
PubMed1981

Mastoidectomy for chronic serous otitis media.

The purpose of this paper is to show that satisfactory results following mastoidectomy can be obtained for the problem of chronic serous otitis. The success of the simple mastoid operation or mastoidectomy with facial recess approach and the subsequent increased aeration of the mastoid-antral-attic-middle-ear complex is to be suggested when the repeated use of myringotomy tubes alone is not the answer to chronic serous otitis. It is chronic negative pressure due to eustachian tube dysfunction that leads to irreversible mastoid disease. Seven cases of mastoidectomy for chronic serous otitis media are presented. All cases had adequate conservative medical and surgical treatment over a period of years for chronic serous otitis before mastoidectomy wa considered. The clinical history, as well as lateral mastoid X-ray, was used in diagnosing irreversible mastoid disease.

Adolescent↗