title: Cholesterol granuloma presenting as an isolated middle ear tumor.
abstract: Patients with cholesterol granuloma of the middle ear cleft will usually present with a secretory otitis media, and exhibit evidence of diffuse disease within the mastoid upon roentgenographic evaluation. The following patient with an isolated middle ear cholesterol granuloma presented with signs and symptoms more closely resembling a glomus tumor.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002784:Cholesterol; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004432:Ear, Middle; D005260:Female; D005925:Glomus Jugulare Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D010236:Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol