title: Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of middle ear masquerading as glomus tumor.
abstract: Hemangioendothelioma is still one of the less-known tumors of vascular origin. The authors report the case of a 38-year-old man who presented with unilateral, nonpulsatile timnitus, aural fullness, and a sense of imbalance. Imaging showed a contrast enhancing soft tissue mass lesion involving the external auditory canal and middle ear, mimicking as glomus tumor. Histopathological examination of surgical specimen showed it to be hemagioendothelioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. npanda59@yahoo.co.in <npanda59@yahoo.co.in>
authors.forename: Naresh K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Panda
authors.forename: Sridhara Suryanarayan
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Saravanan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karuppiah
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vaiphei
authors.forename: Paramjeet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male