A case of neuroglia choristoma in middle ear / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

ABSTRACT

UNLABELLED@#A 14-year-old young man presented with a white oval mass on the right side of external auditory canal.@*PHYSICAL EXAMINATION@#Under ear endoscope, a size of 0.6 cm x 0.8 cm x 0.6 cm, smooth and unmovable mass was on the right side of external auditory canal. In surgery, a cystic neoplasm which is connected to neoplasm of the external auditory canal by bone defect was found in aditus of drum sinus, and local bone defect in the back wall of drum sinus. Tympanic membrane and auditory ossicle chain is complete. Postoperative pathologic findings were consistent with neuroglia choristoma. The diagnosis mainly relied on the postoperative pathological findings.