title: Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the middle ear in a child.
abstract: The differential diagnosis of middle ear masses encompasses a wide variety of pathologic conditions. In this report, we describe the case of a 6-year-old girl who presented with facial nerve weakness and was found to have a middle ear mass. The mass was excised, and final pathology revealed hemangioendothelioma. This report describes the youngest patient with this diagnosis presenting as a middle ear mass in the Western literature. This article provides this patient's presentation, imaging and histopathologic findings, and clinical course and reviews the current literature on this unique pathologic diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Otolaryngology and Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
authors.forename: Howard S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Moskowitz
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jaffe
authors.forename: Barry E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Hirsch
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002648:Child; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004432:Ear, Middle; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013506:Otologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome