[Mastoid cholesterol granuloma with intracranial invasion].
We report a case of antral-mastoid cholesterol granuloma, invading the middle cranial fossa, clinically showing a sudden onset of neurological symptoms. The histopathologic, diagnostic, and therapeutic aspects of this lesion are commented.
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Servicio de ORL, Hospital de Cruces, Plaza de Cruces, s/n. 48903 Baracaldo, Vizcaya.
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Gondra
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D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002784:Cholesterol; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008416:Mastoid; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D002784:Cholesterol