title: Mature teratoma of the temporal bone in 3.5-month-old baby girl.
abstract: Mature teratoma is a benign germ cell tumor rarely located in the temporal bone. We are reporting a case of a mature teratoma of the temporal bone in a healthy borne 3.5-month-old baby girl with a 2-day suggestive history of otitis media and polypoidal mass expulsing from the external auditory canal of the left ear. A definitive diagnosis is made after complete excision and histological examination of the tissue. Total surgical excision of the tumor is the treatment of choice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Vivantes Hospital Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Alshema
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alqurashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Vivantes Hospital Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Essa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bakry
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Vivantes Hospital Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Straube
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Vivantes Hospital Friedrichshain, Landsberger Allee 49, 10249 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Rickert
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Vivantes Hospital Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Parwis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mir-Salim