Spontaneous encephalocele of the middle ear.
Mature glial tissue was seen in the middle ear of a patient with no previous pathologic precedents, and a clinical diagnosis of serous otitis media was made. That anomaly was detected, and its corresponding clinical, roentgenographic, and pathologic findings are described. The results led us to diagnose it as a congenital (spontaneous) encephalocele of the middle ear. To our knowledge, other case of pure congenital encephalocele of the middle ear has been reported.
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed