title: High grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the middle ear treated with extended temporal bone resection.
abstract: We report a case of High grade Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the middle ear. A 67 year old gentleman was referred to our centre for persistent otalgia associated with facial weakness for four months. Examination revealed a middle ear mass with House Brackmann Grade 3 Facial Palsy and ipsilateral lymhadenopathy. Biopsies suggested a squamous cell carcinoma of the middle ear, and he successfully underwent an Extended Temporal bone resection with External canal reconstruction and neck dissection. Postoperative Histopathology revealed that the tumour was in fact a High Grade Mucoepidermoid carcinoma. He received postoperative radiotherapy and is well one year post operatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. shailendra@ummc.edu.my
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shailendra
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elmuntser
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Philip
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Prepageran
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D004432:Ear, Middle; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000601:surgery*