title: Imaging finding of malignant melanoma of Eustachian tube with extension to middle ear cavity: case report.
abstract: We report a case of malignant melanoma of Eustachian tube with extension to the middle ear cavity and nasopharynx in a 51-year-old woman who presented with right ear fullness. Computed tomography showed a soft tissue mass in the middle ear cavity and caused the widening and eroding of the bony eustachian tube. Magnetic resonance imaging showed well enhancing mass in eustachian tube extending nasopharynx to middle ear cavity. A biopsy of the middle ear cavity mass revealed a malignant amelanotic melanoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu 705-717, Korea.
authors.forename: Hong Chul
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Han Won
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Hui Joong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000473:pathology; D005064:Eustachian Tube; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000473:pathology; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: MRI; Melanoma; Middle ear