Table 2.

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

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/+

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.