title: Middle ear promontory osteoma.
abstract: Osteomas are benign lesions of the lamellar bone that within the temporal region are common in the external ear canal. Osteomas of the middle ear are extremely rare and until now there are only 14 reported cases. They usually present with conductive hearing loss while others are asymptomatic and diagnosed incidentally.
authors.affiliation: Unidad Funcional de Otorrinolaringología y Alergia, Hospital Universitario Quirón Dexeus, Agrupació Mèdica I Quirúrgica (AMiQ), Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: paulitacruz@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Paula Cruz
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Toro
authors.affiliation: Unidad Funcional de Otorrinolaringología y Alergia, Hospital Universitario Quirón Dexeus, Agrupació Mèdica I Quirúrgica (AMiQ), Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Angela Callejo
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.affiliation: Unidad Funcional de Otorrinolaringología y Alergia, Hospital Universitario Quirón Dexeus, Agrupació Mèdica I Quirúrgica (AMiQ), Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moya Martínez
authors.affiliation: Unidad Funcional de Otorrinolaringología y Alergia, Hospital Universitario Quirón Dexeus, Agrupació Mèdica I Quirúrgica (AMiQ), Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Iván
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Domènech Juan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010016:Osteoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed