title: Middle ear metastasis of thymoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We report an extremely rare case of thymoma which developed middle ear metastasis along with acute sensorineural hearing loss in the contra ear.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case report and a review of the world literature concerning thymoma metastases to the middle ear.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 54-year-old female patient with thymoma who developed middle ear metastasis along with acute sensorineural hearing loss in the contra ear.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We have not found out thymoma metastases to the middle ear in the past.
authors: Department of Otolaryngology of the Kitasato University Hospital, Japan. ffutako@yahoo.co.jp
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