Middle-ear lipoma presenting as airways obstruction: case report and review of literature.
We report a case of a lipoma arising in the middle ear of a 64-year-old woman and extending down the eustachian tube to cause acute airways obstruction. The lipoma arose coincidentally after a stapedectomy operation and caused apparent late failure of the operation. A review of the literature revealed no similar cases.
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D004432:Ear, Middle; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D011127:Polyps / Q000473:pathology