title: A hairy polyp of the middle ear and mastoid cavity.
abstract: A case of a 'hairy polyp', a dermoid tumor of the middle ear and the mastoid cavity is described, which is very unusual location. The radiological, surgical and histological features are discussed. Comment is made on the differentiation between dermoid cysts and teratomas and on the scarcity of both tumors in the area of the temporal bone.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boedts
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moerman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marquet
mesh_terms: D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004432:Ear, Middle; D005064:Eustachian Tube; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed