Italian anatomist
Primo Dorello (1872–1963) was an Italian anatomist . He is best known for identifying Dorello's canal .[ 1]
Personal life
Dorello was born in 1872 in Narni , Umbria .[ 2] medicine at the University of Rome in 1897.[ 2] [ 3] photography , particularly of Italian architecture .[ 2] [ 3] [ 3] [ 4]
Career
He later became an assistant professor at the University of Rome until 1922.[ 3] University of Perugia , a position he held for 20 years between 1926 and 1946.[ 2] emeritus professor during retirement.[ 3]
Dorello performed dissections of the previously-discovered Gruber ligament.[ 2] [ 5] [ 3] [ 5] Dorello's canal .[ 2] [ 6] abducens nerve (CN VI) and the inferior petrosal sinus .[ 2] [ 3] entrapment of the abducens nerve due to inflammation .[ 7]
Awards and recognitions
Dorello worked on anatomy topics in the Treccani Encyclopaedia .[ 3] Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine .[ 2] [ 4] [ 8]
References
^ Kshettry, Varun R.; Lee, Joung H.; Ammirati, Mario (2013-03-01). "The Dorello canal: historical development, controversies in microsurgical anatomy, and clinical implications" . Neurosurgical Focus . 34 (3): E4. doi :10.3171/2012.11.FOCUS12344 ISSN 1092-0684 . PMID 23451716 . ^ a b c d e f g h Kshettry, Varun R.; Lee, Joung H.; Ammirati, Mario (March 2013). "The Dorello canal: historical development, controversies in microsurgical anatomy, and clinical implications" . Journal of Neurosurgery 34 (3): E4. doi :10.3171/2012.11.FOCUS12344 PMID 23451716 . ^ a b c d e f g h Felisati, D; Sperati, G (June 2009). "Gradenigo's syndrome and Dorello's canal" . Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica . 29 (3): 169– 172. ISSN 0392-100X . PMC 2815357 PMID 20140165 . ^ a b Ferraro, Fernando Martín; García, Adriana; Mukherji, Suresh K. (2016). "Nombres históricos en anatomía y radiología de cabeza y cuello" (PDF) . Fronteras en Medicina (in Spanish). 11 (4): 114– 118. ^ a b Tsukita, Kazuto; Sakamaki-Tsukita, Haruhi; Suenaga, Toshihiko (4 July 2019). "Isolated Abducens Nerve Palsy due to a Dural Arteriovenous Fistula with Drainage into the Inferior Petrosal Sinus" . Journal of Clinical Neurology . 15 (3): 410– 412. doi :10.3988/jcn.2019.15.3.410 PMC 6620462 PMID 31286718 . S2CID 195843166 . ^ Ambekar, Sudheer; Sonig, Ashish; Nanda, Anil (December 2012). "Dorello's Canal and Gruber's Ligament: Historical Perspective" . Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base . 73 (6): 430– 433. doi :10.1055/s-0032-1329628 . ISSN 2193-6331 . PMC 3578596 PMID 24294562 . ^ Valles, Jennie M.; Fekete, Robert (2014). "Gradenigo Syndrome: Unusual Consequence of Otitis Media" . Case Reports in Neurology . 6 (2): 197– 201. doi :10.1159/000365843 . ISSN 1662-680X . PMC 4164058 PMID 25232331 . ^ "Nomination archive" . NobelPrize.org . Nobel Committee. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021 .
