title: Promontory hemangioma mimics glomus tympanicum in the middle ear (promontory hemangioma).
abstract: Hemangiomas, common benign vascular tumors, have been well reported in the head and neck region. They have rarely been reported in the ear. Ear involvement hemangiomas are usually seen in the together with external auditory channel and middle ear. We presented a 62-year-old woman of capillary promontory hemangioma which was mimicking as glomus tympanicum with a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Otorhinolaryngology Department, Medical Faculty, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey. erkaratas@yahoo.com
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karatas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Durucu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baglam
mesh_terms: D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D043485:Glomus Tympanicum / Q000473:pathology*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed