title: T cell lymphoma of the ear presenting as mastoiditis.
abstract: Mastoiditis is a complication of otitis media characterized by suppuration and destruction of air cell septa in the mastoid and petrous pyramid. Diagnosis is made by clinical findings and computerized tomography (CT) of the temporal bone. We present a patient initially diagnosed by CT as having chronic mastoiditis who was subsequently shown to have an unusual large-cell malignant lymphoma of T cell type.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Danino
authors.forename: H Z
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Joachims
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ben-Arieh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hefer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weyl-Ben-Arush
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005154:Facial Nerve; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008417:Mastoiditis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed