Primo Dorello Explained
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] Dorello studied medicine at the University of Rome in 1897. He also had an interest in photography, particularly of Italian architecture.[3] He died in 1963.[4]
Career
He later became an assistant professor at the University of Rome until 1922. He later went on to become the chair of human anatomy at the University of Perugia, a position he held for 20 years between 1926 and 1946. He remained an emeritus professor during retirement.
Dorello performed dissections of the previously-discovered Gruber ligament.[5] These began in 1905. Beneath the Gruber ligament, he identified Dorello's canal.[6] This contains the abducens nerve (CN VI) and the inferior petrosal sinus. His identification was confirmed years layer. He theorised possible diseases associated with Dorello's canal, including entrapment of the abducens nerve due to inflammation.[7]
Awards and recognitions
Dorello worked on anatomy topics in the Treccani Encyclopaedia. In 1939, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He also nominated four scientists for the prize.[8]
Notes and 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. en-US. 34. 3. E4. 10.3171/2012.11.FOCUS12344. 23451716. 1092-0684. free.
- 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. 10.3171/2012.11.FOCUS12344. 23451716. free.
- Felisati. D. Sperati. G. June 2009. Gradenigo's syndrome and Dorello's canal. Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica. 29. 3. 169–172. 0392-100X. 2815357. 20140165.
- Ferraro. Fernando Martín. García. Adriana. Mukherji. Suresh K.. 2016. Nombres históricos en anatomía y radiología de cabeza y cuello. Fronteras en Medicina. es. 11. 4. 114–118.
- 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. 10.3988/jcn.2019.15.3.410. 31286718. 195843166. free. 6620462.
- 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. en. 73. 6. 430–433. 10.1055/s-0032-1329628. 2193-6331. 3578596. 24294562.
- Valles. Jennie M.. Fekete. Robert. 2014. Gradenigo Syndrome: Unusual Consequence of Otitis Media. Case Reports in Neurology. english. 6. 2. 197–201. 10.1159/000365843. 1662-680X. 25232331. 4164058.
- Web site: 15 October 2021. Nomination archive. 30 October 2021. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Committee.
