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Ear malformations in the mouse embryo following maternal administration of triazene, with clinical implications

Malformations de l'oreille chez la souris après exposition maternelle au triazène. Descriptions et implications cliniques

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Triazene administration to 10-day pregnant mice gave rise to severe ear abnormalities, including middle ear ossicle malformations. The head of the malleus and the body of the incus were sometimes absent. In some instances, the stapes appeared dysplastic. The stapedial artery was often quite dilated, as well as other cephalic vessels, but qualitatively normal. Severe inner ear abnormalities were observed, as well as auditory nerve disruption, which was associated with central nervous system lesions. Multiple haematomas were present in the embryonic face, but ear abnormalities occurred even in the absence of local hemorhages. We postulate a direct effect of the teratogen on the branchial mesenchyme. This model seems to be useful for the comprehension of human middle ear abnormalities, but does not constitute a phenocopy of hemicranial microsomia.

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L'administration de triazène à des souris gestantes au 10ème jour donne lieu à de sévères anomalies de l'oreille, incluant des malformations des osselets du cavum tympanique. La tête du malleus et le corps de l'incus sont souvent absents. Dans un certain nombre de cas, le stapes apparaît anormal. Dans la majorité de cas, l'a, stapédienne, qualitativement normale, apparaît dilatée au même titre que la plupart des autres vaisseaux céphaliques. De sévères anomalies de l'oreille interne sont observées, ainsi que des ruptures du n. vestibulo-cochléaire associées à d'importantes lésions du système nerveux central. De multiples hématomes sont présents dans la face, mais les malformations de l'oreille peuvent apparaître en l'absence des hémorragies. Nous pensons que l'agent tératogène exerce un effet direct sur le mésenchyme branchial. Ce modèle apparaît utile pour la compréhension des anomalies de l'oreille rencontrées dans l'espèce humaine, mais ne constitue nullement un modèle de la microsomie hémicrâniofaciale.

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Louryan, S., Heymans, O. & Goffard, JC. Ear malformations in the mouse embryo following maternal administration of triazene, with clinical implications. Surg Radiol Anat 17, 59–63 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01629502

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