title: Primary basal cell carcinoma of the middle ear presenting as recurrent cholesteatoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to sensitize the practitioner to the unusual presentation of basal cell carcinoma in a recurrent cholesteatoma mass.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study design was a case report format.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was conducted at a tertiary referral hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient studied was a contralaterally anacusic veteran.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventions were excision of cholesteatoma and withholding of adjunctive radiation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Primary basal cell carcinoma may present in a revision cholesteatoma field.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Fort Smith, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Danner
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Colvin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Karpe
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schaefer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dilday
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Farris
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D018424:Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003638:Deafness / Q000151:congenital; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed