Multiple osteomas in the middle ear

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2006 Dec;263(12):1151-4. doi: 10.1007/s00405-006-0123-x. Epub 2006 Aug 4.

Abstract

Osteomas in the middle ear are extremely rare and are generally solitary and small. We present a case of a 28-year-old female patient with multiple middle ear osteomas which arose from the promontory, epitympanum, and lateral semicircular canal. The osteomas were successfully removed by tympanomastoidectomy. This is the first reported case of a patient with middle ear osteomas arising from multiple sites.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Neoplasms / complications
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Bone Neoplasms / surgery
  • Ear, Middle / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ear, Middle / pathology*
  • Ear, Middle / surgery
  • Female
  • Hearing Loss, Mixed Conductive-Sensorineural / diagnosis
  • Hearing Loss, Mixed Conductive-Sensorineural / etiology
  • Humans
  • Mastoid / surgery
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / complications
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / surgery
  • Osteoma / complications
  • Osteoma / diagnosis*
  • Osteoma / surgery
  • Semicircular Canals / diagnostic imaging*
  • Semicircular Canals / pathology*
  • Semicircular Canals / surgery
  • Temporal Bone / diagnostic imaging*
  • Temporal Bone / pathology*
  • Temporal Bone / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tympanic Membrane / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tympanic Membrane / pathology*
  • Tympanic Membrane / surgery
  • Tympanoplasty