Matthew Zdilla, DC

Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Pathology, Anatomy and Laboratory Medicine

Classification:

Faculty

• BS, University of Pittsburgh
• DC, Northeast College of Health Sciences

Zdilla MJ. 2024. The coronation of the clitoris: Formally introducing the corona of the glans clitoris. Anat Sci Int. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12565-024-00782-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38861126. Full text access link: https://rdcu.be/dKysQ

 

Nwafor DC, Benkovic SA, Clary BL, Brichacek AL, Lambert HW, Zdilla MJ, Brown CM. 2024. A Scalable Histological Method to Embed and Section Multiple Brains Simultaneously. Cells 13(10):860. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13100860 PMID: 38786081; PMCID: PMC11119749.

 

Zdilla MJ. 2024. Anatomy of the clitoris: The corona of the glans clitoris, clitoral coronal papillae, and the coronopreputial frenulum. Anat Cell Biol 57(2):183-193 https://doi.org/10.5115/acb.24.027 PMID: 38720630; PMCID: PMC11184429

 

Zdilla MJ. 2024. Hundreds of body parts are named after hair: Is anatomical terminology supercilious o simply super silly? Anat Sci Int https://doi.org/10.1007/s12565-024-00765-7 PMID: 38587583 Full text access link: https://rdcu.be/dEaBr

Cowher AE, Zdilla MJ. 2024. Accessory optic canals and a caroticoclinoid foramen in an infant: considerations for anterior clinoidectomy in the pediatric population. Archives of Pediatric Neurosurgery 6(2):e2332024 https://doi.org/10.46900/apn.v6i1.233

 

Rasicci DV, Tolaymat O, Bolyard RJ, Dunmore CA, Neumann JT, Zdilla MJ, Lambert HW. 2024. Geographical Impact of Human Gift Registries in West Virginia: A Model for Centralized Resources in Human Anatomy Education. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science. 95(1) https://doi.org/10.55632/pwvas.v95i1.1024

 

Gross AR, Kehinde T, Morais L, Hutchison M, Grise J, Mohamed N, Badami V, Ahmed H, Zdilla MJ, Vos JA, Gross AG, Leonard R 2024. A novel gelatinized barium sulfate injection method for assessment of bronchoalveolar lavage parameters. Clinical Respiratory Journal Jan;18(1):e13721. https://doi.org/10.1111/crj.13721 PMID:38286743; PMCID: PMC10784628

 

Zdilla MJ, Cusick AM, Cowher AE, Choi JS, Lambert HW. 2024 Optic Canal Size is an Indicator for the Accessory Optic Canal: Applications for Anterior Clinoidectomy. World Neurosurg 181:e826-e832 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2023.10.140 PMID:37925149 PMCID: PMC10872940

 

Zdilla MJ, Gross AR, Hajarat T, Vos JA. 2024. Bilateral Virchow Nodes: An Unusual Finding of Pulmonary Small-Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Metastasis. Autops Case Rep Jan:181:e826-e832. https://doi.org/10.4322/acr.2023.455 PMID:38034518; PMCID: PMC10688261

 

Battin AO, Hobeika N, Zdilla MJ. 2023. Systematic review of medicinal leech therapy in urology. Afr J Urol 29, 21 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12301-023-00351-9

 

Lewis JW, Lama A, Hogg JP, Boo S, Tucker ES, Brown CM, Zdilla MJ, Petrone A, Lambert HW, Agmon A, Billings H, Roth L, Patterson B, Palmer B. 2023. Online interactive medical neuroimaging interactive exercise to identify human brain structures. Ann Anat. 2023;249:152101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aanat.2023.152101 PMID: 37209871

 

Zdilla MJ, Goldsmith WT, Nurkiewicz TR. 2023. A simple and inexpensive downdraft table to limit aerosol exposure from patients, aerosol-generating procedures, and surgical smoke. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science, 95(1). https://doi.org/10.55632/pwvas.v95i1.946

 

Zdilla MJ, French ED, Alfaro-Gomez U, Guzman-Lopez S, Elizondo-Omaña R, Quiroga-Garza A. 2023. Glenoid shape is sexually dimorphic: A geometric morphometric analysis and supplement to the Walch classification system. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science. 95(1). https://doi.org/10.55632/pwvas.v95i1.945

 

Zdilla MJ. 2023. The sciatic nerve was first known as the femoral nerve (neruus femoris): Evidence of ancient knowledge of human neuroanatomy and peripheral nerve injury. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science. 95(1). https://doi.org/10.55632/pwvas.v95i1.942

 

Zdilla MJ, Balta JY. 2023. Human body donation and surgical training: A narrative review with global perspectives. Anat Sci Int Jan;98(1):1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12565-022-00689-0 PMID: 36227535 PMCID: PMC9845172

 

Zdilla MJ 2022. What is a vulva? Anat Sci Int 97(4):323-346. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12565-022-00674-7 PMID: 35704265 Full text access link: https://rdcu.be/cPKdP

 

Skrzat J, Zdilla MJ, Brzegowy P, Walocha J 2022. A case of early obliteration of the sagittal suture without effect on cranial deformation. Folia Medica Cracoviensia 29;62(1):19-28. https://doi.org/10.24425/fmc.2022.141688 PMID: 36088590

 

Zdilla MJ. 2022. Recommended standardized anatomic terminology of the posterior female pelvis and vulva based on a structured medical literature review. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 227(1):118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2022.02.018

 

Zdilla MJ. 2022. Creating an inexpensive yet effective downdraft table for a gross anatomy laboratory: Proof-of-Concept. Morphologie 106(352):28-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.morpho.2021.02.009 PMID: 33773919

 

Zdilla MJ, Nestor NS, Rothschild BM, Lambert HW. 2022. Cribra orbitalia depends on the presence of a meningo-orbital foramen and is vascular and developmental in nature. Anat Rec 305(7):1629-1671. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24825 PMID: 34741429

 

Zdilla MJ, Pancake JP, Russell ML, Koons AW. 2022. Ontogeny of the human fetal, neonatal, and infantile basioccipital bone: traditional and extended eigenshape geometric morphometric analysis. Anat Rec 305(11):3230-3242. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24838 PMID: 34825511; PMCID: PMC9130339

Zdilla MJ. 2021. The pudendum and the perversion of anatomical terminology. Clin Anat. 2021;34(5):721-725. https://doi.org/10.1002/ca.23706 PMID: 33259639

 

Zdilla MJ. 2021. Local exhaust ventilation systems for the gross anatomy laboratory. Morphologie 105(350):237-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.morpho.2020.11.002 PMID: 33279395; PMCID: PMC8169711

 

Rothschild BM, Zdilla MJ, Jellema LM, Lambert HW. 2021. Cribra orbitalia is a vascular phenomenon unrelated to marrow hyperplasia or anemia: Paradigm shift for cribra orbitalia. Anat Rec. 2021;304(8):1709-1716. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24561 PMID: 33135369; PMCID: PMC8386693

 

Hunter DD, Zdilla MJ. 2021. The absent musculocutaneous nerve: A systematic review. Translational Research in Anatomy 22:100092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tria.2020.100092.

 

Zdilla MJ. 2021. Re: What’s in a synonym? A nose by any other name would smell. Clin Anat 34(8):1130-1132. https://doi.org/10.1002/ca.23620 PMID: 32427385

 

Zdilla MJ, Bender-Heine AN, Lambert HW, Hunter DD. 2021. Clinical Implications of the Submental and Sublingual Arteries in Relation to the Mylohyoid Boutonnière. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 164(2):322-327 https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599820939852 PMID: 32689891

 

Immonen J, Stevens K, Chaus D, Albin A, Gilmer L, Zdilla M. 2021. Assessment of the Degree of Osteoarthritis in Aging Male and Female Femoral Condyles: A Cadaveric Study. Cartilage. 13(1_suppl):1684S-1695S https://doi.org/10.1177/1947603520916530. PMID: 32396386; PMCID: PMC8808813

 

Hunter DD, Skrzat J, Zdilla MJ. 2020. Bilateral absence of the musculocutaneous nerve: Implications for humerus fracture and atypical median nerve palsy. Folia Med Cracov. 60(3):27-32. https://doi.org/10.24425/fmc.2020.135793 PMID: 33582743

 

Klinkhachorn PS, Ritz BK, Umstot SI, Skrzat J, Zdilla MJ. 2020. Duplication of the inferior vena cava: Evidence of a novel type IV. Folia Med Cracov. 2020;60(2):5-13. https://doi.org/10.24425/fmc.2020.135009 PMID: 33252591

 

Alfaro-Gomez U, Fuentes-Ramirez LD, Chavez-Blanco KI, Vilchez-Cavazos JF, Zdilla MJ, Elizondo-Omana RE, Guerra-Leal JD, Elizondo-Riojas G, Pinales-Razo R, Guzman-Lopez S, Quiroga-Garza A. 2020. Anatomical variations of the acromial and coracoid process: Clinical relevance. Surg Radiol Anat Aug;42(8):877–885. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-020-02497-5; PMID: 32418123

 

Ohan H, Minassian G, Minassian H, Farooq T, Zdilla MJ. 2020. Retinoblastoma in Infancy with Subsequent Bladder Leiomyosarcoma in Adulthood: Genomic Considerations. Urology. 2020;140:38-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2020.03.010; PMID: 32197986

 

Ohan H, Minassian G, Samra AH, Zdilla MJ. 2020. Synovial Sarcoma of the Hand. Case Rep Pathol. Jun 5;2020:8491864. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8491864. PMID: 32566346; PMCID: PMC7293724.

 

Zdilla MJ. 2020 Creating a human gross anatomy laboratory: The experience at a primarily undergraduate institution. Anat Sci Educ 13(5):636-647 https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.1946 PMID: 31990441

 

Zdilla MJ. 2020. Commentary re: Cho et al., An Anatomical Study of the Foramen Ovale for Neuromodulation of Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain. Neuromodulation 23(6):763-769 https://doi.org/10.1111/ner.13140

 

Skrzat J, Zdilla MJ, Brzegowy P, Holda M. 2019. 3D printed replica of the human temporal bone intended for teaching gross anatomy. Folia Medica Cracoviensia. 59(3):23-30. 59(3):23-30 https://doi.org/10.24425/fmc.2019.131133 PMID: 31891357

 

Skrzat J, Zdilla MJ. 2019. A concise survey on 3D modeling in the science of anatomy. Folia Medica Cracoviensia 59(2):15-22 https://doi.org/10.24425/fmc.2019.128450 PMID: 31659345

 

Petrone A, Eisenman RD, Steele KN, Mosmiller L, Urhie O, Zdilla MJ 2019 Temporal Dynamics of Peripheral Leukocytes Following Acute Ischemic Stroke. Neurol Sci 40(9):1877-1885. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-019-03919-y PMID: 31069585; PMCID: PMC7898194

 

Kuhns CA, Zdilla MJ. 2019 Calculating a guaranteed zone of foramen ovale cannulation: a technical note with implications for trigeminal neuralgia. Proc West Virginia Acad Sci 91(2):1-10 https://doi.org/10.55632/pwvas.v91i2.459

 

Zdilla MJ, Ritz BK, Nestor NS. 2019 Locating the foramen ovale by using molar and inter-eminence planes: A guide for percutaneous trigeminal neuralgia procedures. J Neurosurg 132(2):624-630 https://doi.org/10.3171/2018.11.JNS182276 PMID: 30771764

 

Zdilla MJ, Pacurari P, Celuck TJ, Andrews RC, Lambert HW. 2019 A Gantzer muscle arising from the brachialis and flexor digitorum superficialis: Embryological considerations and implications in median nerve entrapment. Anat Sci Int 94(1):150-153 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12565-018-0466-6 PMID: 30382571

 

Zdilla MJ, Aldawood AM, Plata A, Vos JA, Lambert HW. 2019 Troisier sign and Virchow node: The anatomy and pathology of pulmonary adenocarcinoma metastasis to a supraclavicular lymph node. Autops Case Rep 9(1):e2018053 https://doi.org/10.4322/acr.2018.053 PMID: 30863728; PMCID: PMC6394356

 

Lambert HW, Zdilla MJ, Ressetar HG. 2018 Rapid review: Anatomy reference guide. 4^th ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN: 9781496391605; NLM ID: 101732498

 

Zdilla MJ. 2018 The caroticoclinoid foramen in fetal and infantile orbitosphenoid, presphenoid, and sphenoid bones: Developmental and neurosurgical considerations. J Neurosurg Pediatr 23(3):390-396 https://doi.org/10.3171/2018.9.PEDS18481 PMID: 30554177

 

Zdilla MJ, Mangus KR, Swearingen JV, Miller KD, Lambert HW. 2018 The submental arrowhead variation of the mylohyoid and anterior belly of the digastric muscles. Surg Radiol Anat 40(12):1429-1436 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-018-2110-5 PMID: 30306209

 

Zdilla MJ, Russell ML, Koons AW. 2018 Infraorbital foramen location in the pediatric population: A guide for infraorbital nerve block. Pediatric Anesth 28(8):697-702 https://doi.org/10.1111/pan.13422 PMID: 30079491

 

Zdilla MJ, Paulet JE, Lear JJ, Addie KM, Lambert HW. 2018 A review of extensor hallucis longus variants featuring a novel extensor primi internodii hallucis muscle merging with extensor hallucis brevis. J Foot Ankle Surg 57(6):1218-1220 https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jfas.2018.03.031 PMID: 30146339 PMCID: PMC7203626

 

Zdilla MJ, Skrzat J, Kozerska M, Leszczyński B, Tarasiuk J, Wroński S. 2018. Oval window size and shape: A micro-CT anatomical study with considerations for stapes surgery. Otol Neurotol 39(5):558-564 https://doi.org/10.1097/MAO.0000000000001787 PMID: 29649044; PMCID: PMC5940539

 

Bender-Heine A, Zdilla MJ. 2018 Variation of the mylohyoid: implications for Ludwig angina, cervical contouring, and digastric muscle transfer. Surg Radiol Anat 40(2):221-225. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-017-1868-1 PMID: 28478605

 

Zdilla MJ, Miller KD, Swearingen JV, Lambert HW. 2018 The use of ultrasonography to identify the intersection of the dorsomedial cutaneous nerve of the hallux and the extensor hallucis longus tendon: a cadaveric study. J Foot Ankle Surg 57(2):296-300. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jfas.2017.10.007 PMID: 29331290; PMCID: PMC7203628

 

Zdilla MJ, Koons AW, Russell ML, Mangus KR, Bliss KN. 2018 The infraorbital foramen is located midway between the nasospinale and jugale: Considerations for infraorbital nerve block and maxillofacial surgery. J Craniofac Surg 29(2):523-527 https://doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000004186 PMID: 29381630; PMCID: PMC5839919

 

Zdilla MJ, Russell ML, Koons AW, Bliss KN, Mangus KR. 2018 Metopism: A study of the persistent metopic suture in varied populations. J Craniofac Surg 29(1):204-208 https://doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000004030 PMID: 29049140

 

Bender-Heine AN, Zdilla MJ, Russell ML, Rickards AA, Holmes JS, Armeni MA, Lambert HW. 2017 Optimal costal cartilage graft selection according to cartilage shape: Anatomical considerations for rhinoplasty. Facial Plast Surg 33(6):670-674 https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1607972 PMID: 29195250

 

Zdilla MJ. 2017 The erroneous eponym of the carotico-clinoid foramen of Henle: Attribution is due to Alexander Monro (primus). Anatomy 11(2):104-106 https://doi.org/10.2399/ana.17.018

 

Zdilla MJ, Russell ML, Bliss KN, Mangus KR, Koons AW. 2017 The size and shape of the foramen magnum in man. J Craniovertebr Junction Spine 8(3):205-21 https://doi.org/10.4103/jcvjs.JCVJS_62_17 PMID: 29021672; PMCID: PMC5634107

 

Bender-Heine A, Dillard ZW, Zdilla MJ. 2017 Alternobaric vertigo and facial baroparesis caused by scuba diving and relieved by chewing pineapple. Undersea Hyperb Med 44(6):607-610 https://doi.org/10.22462/11.12.2017.12 PMID: 29281198

                                                           

Zdilla MJ. 2017 The Hand of Sabazios: Evidence of Dupuytren’s disease in Antiquity and the origin of the Hand of Benediction. J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol 22(3):403-410. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218810417970012 PMID: 28774258

 

Zdilla MJ. 2017 Clival canal and clival foramen development in the fetal and infant basioccipital. Childs Nerv Syst 33(7),1209-1216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-017-3466-2 PMID: 28540612; PMCID: PMC5551672

 

Zdilla MJ, Swearingen JV, Miller KD, Bender-Heine A, Lambert HW. 2017 The retaining ligament of the anterior digastric muscle. J Craniofac Surg Mar;28(2):534-538. https://doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000003333. PMID: 28045823

 

Zdilla MJ, Fijalkowski KM. 2017 The shape of the foramen ovale: a visualization aid for cannulation procedures. J Craniofac Surg Mar;28(2):548-551. https://doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000003325 PMID: 28027173

 

Zdilla MJ, Hatfield SA, Mangus KR. 2016 The angular relationship between the foramen ovale and the trigeminal impression: percutaneous cannulation trajectories for trigeminal neuralgia. J Craniofac Surg. Nov;27(8):2177-2180. https://doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000003138; PMID: 28005784; PMCID: PMC5266502

 

Zdilla MJ. 2016 Atrophy of anterior digastric muscle: response to a prospective clinical study. Br J Oral Maxilofac Surg Nov;54(9):1055 pii: S0266-4356(16)00088-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjoms.2016.02.026. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26969291

 

Zdilla MJ, Pancake AR, Lambert HW. 2016 Morphometrics of the anterior belly and intermediate tendon of the digastric muscle: sexual dimorphism and implications for surgery. J Craniofac Surg 27(5):1321-1326. https://doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000002708 PMID: 27258716; PMCID: PMC4938752

 

Zdilla MJ, Saling JR, Starkey LD. 2016 Zinc sulfate taste acuity reflects dietary zinc intake in males. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. 11:e21-25. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2015.11.004. PMID: 28531422

 

Zdilla MJ, Hatfield SA, McLean KA, Laslo JM, Cyrus LM, Lambert HW. 2016 Orientation of the Foramen Ovale: An Anatomic Study With Neurosurgical Considerations. J Craniofac Surg. Jan;27(1):234-7. https://doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000002332. PMID:26703059; PMCID: PMC4706813

 

Zdilla MJ, Hatfield SA, McLean KA, Cyrus LM, Laslo JM, Lambert HW. 2016 Circularity, Solidity, Axes of a Best Fit Ellipse, Aspect Ratio, and Roundness of the Foramen Ovale: A Morphometric Analysis with Neurosurgical Considerations. J Craniofac Surg. Jan;27(1):222-8. https://doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000002285. PMID:26703050; PMCID: PMC4706773

 

Zdilla MJ. 2015 Screening for variations of anterior digastric musculature prior to correction of post-traumatic anterior open bite by injection of botulinum toxin type A: a technical note. J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg. 41(3):165-167. https://doi.org/10.5125/jkaoms.2015.41.3.165. PMID: 26131435; PMCID: PMC4483532

 

Zdilla MJ, Lambert HW. 2015 Mylohyoid insertion at the mid-belly of a combined geniohyoid via a fibrous pseudo-hyoid: An observation with implications for submental flap surgery. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg Open. 5(2015):1-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpra.2015.03.007

 

Zdilla MJ, Gibson L, Hunt A. 2015 Sexual dimorphism of human vallate papillae: an in vivo study of normative morphology. Folia Morphol (Warsz). 74(2):245-251. https://doi.org/10.5603/FM.2015.0038

 

Zdilla MJ, Starkey LD, Saling JR. 2015 A taste-intensity visual analog scale: an improved zinc taste-test protocol. Integr Med. 14(2):34-38 PMID: 26770137; PMCID: PMC4566477

 

Zdilla MJ. 2015 Metformin with either H2-receptor antagonists or proton pump inhibitors: a polypharmacy recipe for neuropathy via vitamin B12 depletion. Clin Diabetes. 33(2):90-95. https://doi.org/10.2337/diaclin.33.2.90 PMID: 25897192; PMCID: PMC4398011

 

Zdilla MJ, Cyrus LM, Lambert HW. 2015 Carotico-clinoid foramina and a double optic canal: a case report with neurosurgical implications. Surg Neurol Int 6(1):13. https://doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.150456; PMID: 25657866; PMCID: PMC4314831

 

Zdilla MJ. 2014 Exclusion of musculature from the submental flap: a contingency plan for facial nerve palsy. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2:e266; https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000181, PMID: 25587500; PMCID: PMC4292248

 

Zdilla MJ, Soloninka HJ, Lambert HW. 2014 Unilateral duplication of the anterior digastric muscle belly: a case report with implications for surgeries of the submental region. J Surg Case Rep 12:1-2. https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju131, PMCID: PMC4256528

 

Zdilla MJ, Soloninka HJ, Lambert HW. 2014 A fractal anterior digastric: a case report with surgical implications. Int J Anat Var 7:106-108.

 

Zdilla MJ, Laslo JM, Cyrus LM. 2014 Bilateral Duplication of the Foramen Spinosum: A Case Report with Clinical and Developmental Implications. Anat Physiol 4:162. https://doi.org/10.4172/2161-0940.1000162

 

Zdilla MJ, Cyrus LM, Laslo JM, Lambert HW. 2014 Bilateral Duplication of the Sphenoidal Emissary Foramen: A Case Report with Implications for Surgeries using Transovale Cannulation. Anat Physiol 4:157. https://doi.org/10.4172/2161-0940.1000157

 

Zdilla MJ, Starkey LD. 2014 Salivary carbonic anhydrase VI, zinc sulfate taste acuity, and frequency of illness: a pilot study. Am J Immunol. 10(2):107-113; https://doi.org/10.3844/ajisp.2014.107.113

 

Zdilla MJ. 2014 Variant anterior digastric muscle transfer for marginal mandibular branch of facial nerve palsy. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2(2):e110; https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000059, PMID: 25289304; PMCID: PMC4173830