Imaging Finding of Malignant Melanoma of Eustachian Tube with Extension to Middle Ear Cavity: Case Report.
10.3348/kjr.2012.13.6.812
- Author:
Hong Chul KIM
1
;
Han Won JANG
;
Hui Joong LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu 705-717, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Melanoma;
Middle ear;
MRI
- MeSH:
Ear Neoplasms/*diagnosis;
Ear, Middle/pathology;
*Eustachian Tube;
Female;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Melanoma/*diagnosis;
Middle Aged;
Nasopharynx/pathology;
Neoplasm Invasiveness;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2012;13(6):812-815
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We report a case of malignant melanoma of Eustachian tube with extension to the middle ear cavity and nasopharynx in a 51-year-old woman who presented with right ear fullness. Computed tomography showed a soft tissue mass in the middle ear cavity and causedthe widening and eroding of the bony eustachian tube. Magnetic resonance imaging showed well enhancing mass in eustachian tube extending nasopharynx to middle ear cavity. A biopsy of the middle ear cavity mass revealed a malignant amelanotic melanoma.
