Our laboratory houses one of the largest collection of human temporal bones worldwide, comprising a total of ~2,300 temporal bones (as in 19-09-2023). 

Our collection by disease:

Collection
DiseaseNumber of temporal bones
AIDS/HIV6
Alport Syndrome1
Anemia26
Anotia4
Cancer (non-systemic)510
Cancer (systemic)278
Carbon monoxide poisoning12
Cardiac arrest148
CHARGE syndrome4
Cholesteatoma30
Cholesterol clefts16
Cholesterol granuloma24
Cochlear implants6
Congenital hearing loss18
Congenital heart disease90
Cystic fibrosis34
Diabetes150
Ectopic brain tissue in the temporal bone1
Erythroblastosis fetalis4
Fabry's disease4
Temporal bone fracture13
Genetic hearing loss16
Glomus tumor1
Gun shot6
Hematogenic labyrinthitis2
Histiocytosis X2
Hurler's syndrome (MPS-1)12
Endolymphatic hydrops49
Klippel-feil syndrome4
Labyrinthitis ossificans30
Syphilis19
Malignant melanoma22
Meniere's (probable and confirmed)57
Meningioma5
Meningitis84
Microtia6
Mondini's dysplasia28
Multiple myeloma18
Osteogenesis imperfecta2
Otitis media335
Otogenic labyrinthitis4
Primary otologic tumors4
Secondary otologic tumors63
Otomycosis10
Otosclerosis192
Pena-Shokeir Syndrome2
Persistent stapedial artery8
Potter's syndrome12
Polyarteritis nodosa4
Vestibular Schwannoma / Acoustic tumors14

 

List of Biographies

Contact information

Phone: 

(+1) 612-626-9875


Fellowship applications and Research collaborations:

Dr. Sebahattin Cureoglu

email: [email protected]

Dr. Rafael Monsanto

email: [email protected]