A Tympanic Membrane Cholesteatoma: A Case Report and Literature Review

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Fei-Peng Lee Pin-Zhir Chao Hsing-Won Wang

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Hsing-Won Wang
The Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University–Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

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A 45-year-old female complained of right hearing loss with fullness in recent months. She underwent right tympanoplasty type I about 4 years ago. On physical and otoscopic examination, a pearl-like mass about 3 x 4 mm in size over central part of right ear drum was noted. Pure tone audiometry test showed 35 decibel (dB) average hearing loss of right ear, and 20 dB of left ear. Tympanogram test showed bilateral type A. Computed tomography with thin cuts of the temporal bone revealed a 3 x 4 mm soft tissue mass over central part of right ear drum. Excision of the mass under microscope was smoothly done. A cholesteatoma was confirmed by pathology. She was uneventful during a regular follow-up. Cholesteatomas are benign collections of keratinized squamous epithelium within the middle ear. A cholesteatoma usually occurred in middle ear cavity or mastoid region, sometimes in external auditory canal. Tympanic membrane cholesteatomas were seldom reported.

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Case Report & Review of Literature

Publication history

Received: Mon 21, Oct 2019
Accepted: Thu 14, Nov 2019
Published: Fri 29, Nov 2019

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© 2023 Hsing-Won Wang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2019.05.23