Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of middle ear masquerading as glomus tumor.
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.
Panda
Naresh K
NK
Department of Otolaryngology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. npanda59@yahoo.co.in <npanda59@yahoo.co.in>
Rao
Sridhara Suryanarayan
SS
Karuppiah
Saravanan
S
Vaiphei
Kim
K
Singh
Paramjeet
P
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