Influence of Maternal Diabetes on the Inner Ear of the Foetus

1 January 1961

journal article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Vol. 53 (1) , 49-54
https://doi.org/10.3109/00016486109126001

Abstract

This is a report of histological changes found in the temporal bones of a full-term infant whose mother was suffering from severe diabetes mellitus. Pronounced degenerative changes were found throughout the labyrinth, engorgement throughout the blood vessels, and haemorrhages. These findings are in agreement with two cases reported by Kelemen and give reason to assume that the vascular changes so commonly present in diabetics may also involve the blood vessels of the inner ear, resulting in permanent damage of the acoustic-vestibular apparatus.

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