Endolymphaticsac tumor – case report

• Authors: Jerzy Kuczkowski , Wojciech Brzoznowski , Tomasz Nowicki , Jolanta Szade

Abstracts

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The aim of this paper is to present the case of a 70-year-old women with endolymphatic sac tumor and temporal bone destruction treated at Otolaryngology Department of MUG. The patient was admitted to our Department due to a 3-year history of hearing loss, dizziness and ear pain. The first diagnosis was temporal bone tumor connected with von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (VHL). The patient was surgically treated. During intraoperative examination, a neoplasm was determined. The tumor was excised via transmastoid approach with sigmoid sinus skeletonization. After treatment, her pains disappeared. Histopathological and immunohistochemical examination revealed endolymphatic sac tumor. Follow-up CT showed no tumor remission.

Keywords

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temporal bone; tumors; ELST; management

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Polski Przegląd Otorynolaryngologiczny
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 6(1)
• Pages: 39-42

Contributors

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Jerzy Kuczkowski

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Wojciech Brzoznowski

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Tomasz Nowicki

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Jolanta Szade

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0009.7986