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Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases > Ear Diseases > Otosclerosis

Preferred term

Otosclerosis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Otospongioses
  • Otospongiosis

Scope note

  • Formation of spongy bone in the labyrinth capsule which can progress toward the STAPES (stapedial fixation) or anteriorly toward the COCHLEA leading to conductive, sensorineural, or mixed HEARING LOSS. Several genes are associated with familial otosclerosis with varied clinical signs.

In other languages

  • otoskleroosi

    Finnish

  • määrittämätön otoskleroosi
  • ospecificerad otoskleros
  • otosclerosis
  • otosclerosis non specificata
  • otoskleroositauti
  • otoskleros
  • otospongioosi
  • Otoskleros

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010040

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