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SUBARCUATE FOSSA
The subarcuate fossa is a prominent feature of the tem­poral bone during fetal life and infancy. It begins as a plug of dural connective tissue invaginating 4 to 5 mm into the fetal cartilage in the arch of the superior semi­circular canal. It later extends into the trabeculated bone and marrow of the infant mastoid. Histological and radiographic evidence shows that it is still well­developed at age 8 months, narrowed by 11 months, and completely obliterated by 18 to 24 months. As the mastoid air cells develop during the first year of life, they approach the subarcuate fossa and in some in­fants there is little or no bony separation of the mastoid antrum from the fossa. During the second year of life, the fossa is obliterated as the petrous bone grows to its adult configuration and the fossa becomes a shallow depression or narrow slit.
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OTIC CAPSULE BONE
The otic capsule refers to the dense osseous labyrinth of the inner ear that surrounds the cochlea, the vesti­bule, and the semicircular canals. In the fetus, the mem­branous labyrinth is embedded in mesenchyme, and at some distance from the membranous labyrinth, the peripheral mesenchyme becomes organized into carti­lage at about week 5, and begins to form bone, or the so-called otic capsule, after week 8. Gradually, the en­tire membranous labyrinth is encased in a bony shell. In life, the otic capsule is the densest bone in the body and there is very little inter-individual difference in otic capsule density on radiographic studies.5 The student may appreciate the particular density of the otic capsule bone surrounding the superior semicircular canal on both histologic and radiographic images in Horizontal Sections 1 and 2, and in later images. In Chapter 9, the changes seen in otic capsule density in otosclerosis are apparent.
CLINICAL CAVEAT: The subarcuate fossa trans­mits the subarcuate artery, which often involutes after childhood. In childhood, the subarcuate fossa is an important preformed pathway for direct ex­tension of infection from otitis media into the men­inges2 and is the reason for aggressive treatment of otitis media in children aged 2 and younger.
CLINICAL CAVEAT: The subarcuate artery is a valuable surgical landmark in labyrinthectomy. It bleeds predictably and is helpful for orientation in the dense otic capsule bone as it is always under the arc of the superior semicircular canal. It can be sacrificed without danger to the anterior inferior cerebellar artery or supplied structures.3 Likewise, it is a potential site for cerebrospinal fluid leak fol­lowing labyrinthine surgery.
CLINICAL CAVEAT: Gradinego’s syndrome4 of otorrhea, severe retro-orbital pain, and diplopia (sixth cranial nerve palsy) usually results from extension of frequently indolent/chronic suppurative otitis me­dia into the petrous apex with involvement of the Gasserian (trigeminal nerve) ganglion in Meckel’s cave and the abducens nerve along Dorello’s canal between the petrous apex and the sphenoid sinus.
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THE INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL
The internal auditory canal (IAC), also called the in­ternal auditory meatus (IAM), is a canal within the petrous part of the temporal bone between the pos­terior cranial fossa and the inner ear. It transmits the eighth cranial nerve (vestibulocochlear nerve), the sev­enth cra nial nerve (facial nerve), and the labyrinthine artery which is a branch of the basilar artery. The me­dial opening of the IAC in the posterior cranial fossa is called the porus acousticus. The length of the IAC is approximately 1 cm, and its lateral end is called the fundus. At the fundal end of the IAM are three open­ings separated by the transverse or falciform crest, a complete horizontal separation between the superior and inferior part of the fundus, and the vertical crest, known as “Bill’s bar,” which separates the superior portion into an anterior and a posterior segment. Bill’s bar is named after William F. House, DDS, MD, the “father of neurotology,” who described its anatomical significance.
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Anterior to Bill’s bar, in the anterior superior quad­rant of the IAC, are the facial nerve (CN VII) and nervus intermedius (the sensory portion of the facial nerve). Posterior to it in the posterior superior quadrant of the IAM is the superior vestibular nerve. The inferior portion of the IAC contains the cochlear nerve ante­riorly and the inferior vestibular nerve posteriorly (Fig ure 6–17).
CLINICAL CAVEAT: The vertical crest of the IAC is an important surgical landmark used to avoid in­jury to the facial nerve when approaching the IAC laterally via a translabyrinthine approach for either vestibular nerve section or removal of vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma). Drilling through the vestibule, the surgeon encounters the superior vestibular nerve at the fundus and can use a micro­hook to separate the vestibular nerve at Bill’s bar and begin peeling the rest of the vestibular nerve away from the meatal portion of the facial nerve.
Figure 6–17. This cartoon depiction of a cross section through the Internal Auditory Canal shows the transverse and vertical crests, and the relationships between the nerves of the IAC.
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