A case of syryngocystadenoma papilliferum (SCAP) involving middle ear, presenting with otomastoiditis and cerebral abscess

L Presutti; M Alicandri-Ciufelli; F Mattioli; D Marchioni; M Costantini

doi:10.1016/j.anl.2007.05.008

A case of syryngocystadenoma papilliferum (SCAP) involving middle ear, presenting with otomastoiditis and cerebral abscess

Auris Nasus Larynx. 2008 Sep;35(3):401-3. doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2007.05.008. Epub 2007 Sep 17.

Authors

L Presutti¹, M Alicandri-Ciufelli, F Mattioli, D Marchioni, M Costantini

Affiliation

¹ Policlinico di Modena, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Department of Otolaryngology, Via del Pozzo 71, Modena, Italy.

PMID: 17870265
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2007.05.008

Abstract

Syryngocystadenoma papilliferum (SCAP) is an uncommon cutaneous adnexal neoplasm of apocrine gland origin. Until now, fewer than 200 cases have been reported in international literature, of which 12 cases involved the external ear. No cases of SCAP involving the middle ear have been reported. We describe a case of SCAP of external and middle ear, presenting with otomastoiditis and cerebral abscess; this aggressive behavior, never reported for a benign adenoma of the external or middle ear, could lead to a differential diagnosis with cholesteatoma or malignancies.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear / diagnosis
Chronic Disease
Diagnosis, Differential
Ear, Middle* / pathology
Ear, Middle* / surgery
Empyema, Subdural / diagnosis
Empyema, Subdural / etiology*
Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / etiology
Fever of Unknown Origin / etiology
Humans
Male
Mastoid / pathology
Mastoid / surgery
Mastoiditis / diagnosis
Mastoiditis / etiology*
Otitis Media / pathology
Otitis Media / surgery
Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis
Streptococcal Infections / etiology*
Sweat Gland Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Sweat Gland Neoplasms / pathology
Sweat Gland Neoplasms / surgery
Syringoma / diagnosis*
Syringoma / pathology
Syringoma / surgery
Temporal Lobe*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed