title: Simultaneous leukaemic infiltrate and cholesteatoma in the same temporal bone.
abstract: Leukaemic relapse in the ear is very rare. We report a case of relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in the left ear. The patient presented with an aural polyp and ipsilateral facial palsy. The temporal bone showed simultaneous leukaemic infiltrate and cholesteatoma. To our knowledge, this is the first case reported with such pathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, El-Sahel Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Effat
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Naguib
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D018424:Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D017254:Leukemic Infiltration / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology*