Abstract
We present a case report which describes a rare cause of a common clinical problem; eustachian tube dysfunction. A seven-year-old child presented with a history of chronic draining ears, despite rigorous medical therapy and multiple ventilation tubes. At myringotomy a mass was noted in the middle ear, and she was taken to the operating room for exploration. The patient was found to have a pedunculated lipoma arising from the anterior medial aspect of the middle-ear cleft producing intermittent obstruction of the eustachian tube orifice. This case represents the fourth case of a middle-ear lipoma in the world literature. We present a review of the literature and an exploration of possible aetiologies of this unusual entity in the differential diagnosis of eustachian tube dysfunction.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1162-1165 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Laryngology and Otology |
Volume | 111 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1997 |
Keywords
- Eustachian tube
- Lipoma
- Otitis media
- Suppurative
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Otorhinolaryngology