A White Mass Behind the Tympanic Membrane: Adenoma of the Middle Ear With Neuroendocrine Differentiation

作者:Verhage Damen Godelieve W J A*; v Engen van Grunsven Ilse A C H; van der Schans Enno J; Kunst Henricus P M
来源:Otology & Neurotology, 2011, 32(5): E38-E39.
DOI:10.1097/MAO.0b013e318217d0e4

摘要

A patient presented with complaints of aural fullness in her left ear. Otoscopic examination showed a white mass behind the left eardrum. The histologic diagnosis was a carcinoid tumor of the middle ear, although this was later renamed in an adenoma of the middle ear with neuroendocrine differentiation. A common complaint, with a fairly common clinical evaluation, turned out to have an uncommon diagnosis.