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Table 2 CMV-antigen and CD8 T-lymphocytes in the cochlea and in the vestibular apparatus in 9 fetuses with CMV-positive inner ear

From: Human fetal inner ear involvement in congenital cytomegalovirus infection

Case n°

Cochlea

Vestibular apparatus

 

Organ of Corti

Stria vascularis

Reissner’s membrane

Spiral ganglion

Cochlear nerve

Crista ampullaris

Semicircular canals

Saccule

Utricule

Vestibular ganglion

1

R

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

L

N/+

P/++

N/+

N/++

N/+

N/+

N/+

N/+

P/+

N/++

2

R

N/+

P/++

N/+

P/+

N/+

N/+

N/+

N/+

P/++

N/+

L

P/+

P/+++

P/++

P/+

N/+

N/+

N/+

N/+

N/+

N/+

3

R

N/-

P/+

N/-

N/-

N/-

N/-

N/-

N/-

N/-

N/-

L

N/-

P/+

P/-

N/+

N/-

P/+

P/+

N/-

P/+

N/-

4

R

N/+

P/++

N/++

N/+

N/+

N/+

N/-

N/+

P/+

N/+

L

N/-

N/+

N/-

N/-

N/-

N/-

N/-

N/-

N/-

N/+

5

R

N/+

P/+++

P/++

N/+

N/+

P/+

N/+

N/++

N/++

P/+

L

N/+

P/+++

P/+

N/+

N/+

P/++

N/+

N/++

N/++

P/+

6

R

N/+

P/+

P/+

N/+

N/+

N/-

N/-

N/-

N/-

N/-

L

N/-

P/+

P/+

N/-

N/-

N/-

N/-

N/-

P/+

N/-

7

R

N/-

P/+

N/-

N/+

N/+

N/+

N/-

N/+

N/+

N/+

L

N/+

P/++

N/+

N/+

N/+

N/-

N/-

N/-

N/-

N/+

8

R

N/-

P/+

N/-

N/+

N/+

N/+

N/-

N/+

N/+

N/+

L

N/-

N/+

N/-

N/-

N/-

N/-

N/-

N/-

N/-

N/+

9

R

N/-

P/++

N/+

N/+

N/+

N/+

N/-

P/++

N/-

N/+

 

L

N/+

P/++

P/+

N/+

N/+

N/+

N/-

P/+

N/+

N/+

  1. NA not available; R right; L left; P CMV-positive; N CMV-negative; - no CD8 T-lymphocytes; + scanty CD8 T-lymphocytes; ++ numerous CD8 T-lymphocytes; +++ abundant CD8 T-lymphocytes.