A Case of Carcinoid Tumor in Middle Ear Presenting with Facial Paralysis.
10.3342/kjorl-hns.2014.57.9.630
- Author:
Kyung Hyun MIN
1
;
Jai Hyang GO
;
Jae Yun JUNG
;
Bong Jik KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dankook University School of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea. cellokimbj@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Carcinoid tumor;
Facial paralysis;
Middle ear
- MeSH:
Adult;
Carcinoid Tumor*;
Craniocerebral Trauma;
Ear Canal;
Ear, Middle*;
Facial Paralysis*;
Humans;
Korea;
Male;
Tympanoplasty
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2014;57(9):630-633
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
