title: Giant mastoid osteoma with postoperative high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss.
abstract: Osteomas occur throughout the temporal bone and, depending on their location, may cause tinnitus, hearing loss, vertigo, and facial nerve paresis. We present a rare case of a 25-year-old woman with a mastoid osteoma enlarging over a 6-month period. Other than a cosmetic deformity of her upper neck, the patient was asymptomatic. After surgical removal of the bony neoplasm, the patient was noted to have a high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss. This case study presents clinical, radiologic, intraoperative, pathologic, and audiometric findings of a mastoid osteoma and a review of the literature.
authors: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Miami, FL 33136, USA.
authors: Raymond E
authors: RE
authors: Lee
authors: Thomas J
authors: TJ
authors: Balkany
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010016:Osteoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*