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Glomus tympanicum chemodectoma: unusual radiological findings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Abduljabbar Alshaikhly ,
Abdalla M. Hamid  and
Bahram Azadeh
Abduljabbar Alshaikhly*
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
Abdalla M. Hamid
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
Bahram Azadeh
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
*
P.O. Box 3050, ENT Department, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, State of Qatar.
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Abstract

A 64-year-old Qatari female, with a one-year history of right otorrhoea and deafness, had a reddish-white mass projecting into the right ear canal, through the tympanic membrane, that proved histopathologically to be a paraganglioma. Computerized tomography (CT) of the temporal bones showed extensive destruction of the right mastoid bone, the posterior ear canal wall, and the sinus plate, with total disruption of the ossicles, simulating a malignant tumour, which is unusual for a middle ear paraganglioma.

Keywords

Paragangliomanon-chromaffinRadiologyMiddle ear
Type
Radiology in Focus
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 108 , Issue 7 , July 1994 , pp. 607 - 609
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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