Ossicular osteoma of the malleus—A rare diagnosis of middle ear mass

Radiology Case Reports

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Matti Sievert¹  Konstantinos Mantsopoulos¹  Joachim Hornung¹  Vivian Thimsen¹  Rafael Heiss¹  Markus Kopp¹  Matthias Wetzl¹  Heinrich Iro¹  Michael Uder¹  Marco Wiesmueller¹ 

[1] Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg

关键词: Middle ear osteoma;    Temporal bone osteoma;    Computed tomography;    Conductive hearing loss;    Middle ear lesion;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.radcr.2022.08.083

学科分类：生物化学工程

来源: University of Washington * Department of Radiology

【 摘 要 】

Osteoma of the middle ear (MEO) is a rarity. Due to the benign nature and slow growth rate, MEO are often occasionally found by chance. Possible unspecific clinical symptoms may be conductive hearing loss , tinnitus, effusion, and a sense of fullness. If the osteoma is small and not visible in the otoscopic inspection, it may be confused with other conductive hearing loss etiologies, such as otosclerosis . Nevertheless, one should be aware of this rare but important differential diagnosis of middle ear lesions. This article presents an MEO case causing conductive hearing loss and outlines the diagnostic approach with computed tomography .

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