Carcinoid tumour of the middle ear associated with systemic symptoms.
Carcinoid tumour is one of the rarest middle-ear neoplasms. We describe here a case of carcinoid tumour of the middle-ear cleft that presented with aural as well as systemic symptoms. Diagnostic difficulty was encountered using light microscopy, but electron microscopy revealed the neurosecretory granules.
D000328:Adult; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004432:Ear, Middle; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron