Korean J Otorhinolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.  2014 Sep;57(9):630-633. 10.3342/kjorl-hns.2014.57.9.630.

A Case of Carcinoid Tumor in Middle Ear Presenting with Facial Paralysis

• Min KH
• Go JH
• Jung JY
• Kim BJ

• KMID: 1726633
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3342/kjorl-hns.2014.57.9.630

Abstract

The carcinoid tumors of middle ear are very rare, however, more than 50 cases including 2 cases in Korea have been reported since 1980. A 36-year-old male had been managed under the diagnostic impression of hemotympanum due to head trauma in 2005; he revisited our clinic after 8 years with sudden facial paralysis and external auditory canal mass. Canal wall down mastoidectomy and tympanoplasty were performed and pathologic results revealed a carcinoid tumor of the middle ear. A facial paralysis of this patient was cured after the treatment.

Keyword

Carcinoid tumor; Facial paralysis; Middle ear

MeSH Terms

Adult
Carcinoid Tumor*
Craniocerebral Trauma
Ear Canal
Ear, Middle*
Facial Paralysis*
Humans
Korea
Male
Tympanoplasty