title: [Otitis media with effusion as initial symptom of a parapharyngeal tumor].
abstract: Two patients are described who had unilateral otitis media with effusion (OME) as the first and only symptom of a parapharyngeal tumour. The first patient, a 77-year-old woman, was operated 14 months after the onset of the OME. A polymorphous adenocarcinoma was resected from the left parapharyngeal space. In the second patient, a 59-year-old man, the diagnosis was established 7 months after the first symptom. A pleomorphic adenoma was removed surgically from the right parapharyngeal space. In case of a persistent unilateral OME in an adult, a parapharyngeal tumour should be considered as one of the possible causes.
authors.affiliation: Academisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Universiteit, afd. Keel-, Neus- en Oorheelkunde, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaartjes
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Vos
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Snow
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Otitis media met effusie als eerste symptoom van een parafaryngeale tumor.