Korean J Otorhinolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.
2009 Mar;52(3):273-275. 10.3342/kjorl-hns.2009.52.3.273.
A Case of Middle Ear Lipoma
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. bdlee12@hosp.sch.ac.kr
- KMID: 2277023
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3342/kjorl-hns.2009.52.3.273
Abstract
- We present a case report of primary middle ear lipoma diagnosed in right ear of a 25-month-old girl with right otitis media. We identified injection and retraction at right ear drum. Impedance tympanometry of right ear was type B and temporal bone CT was suggestive of a congenital cholesteatoma. During the tympanoplasty, a mass of tissue obstructing the eustachian tube orifice was noted in the middle ear. We have treated a case of a lipoma that originated from the middle ear; only 5 such cases have been reported worldwide.
