A huge osteoma of the middle ear.
Osteomas of the middle ear are rare benign neoplasms. Most of the cases caused conductive hearing loss and others were asymptomatic and diagnosed incidentally. We report a case of a huge middle ear osteoma along with compatible radiological findings filling the whole tympanum and the Eustachian tube, which caused intermittent otorrhea and conductive hearing loss.
Cho
Yang-Sun
YS
Department of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Ilwon-Dong 50, Kangnam-ku, Seoul 135-710, South Korea. yscho@smc.samsung.co.kr
Kim
Joon Ho
JH
Hong
Sung Hwa
SH
Chung
Won-Ho
WH
D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002558:Cerebrospinal Fluid Otorrhea / Q000209:etiology; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D010016:Osteoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000150:complications; D012008:Recurrence