Copyright
©2014 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
World J Clin Cases. Sep 16, 2014; 2(9): 463-465
Published online Sep 16, 2014. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v2.i9.463
Published online Sep 16, 2014. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v2.i9.463
Unusual presentation of glomus tympanicum tumour: New bone formation in the middle ear
Gaurav Kumar, Zenon Andreou, Jagdeep Singh Virk, Anthony Owa, ENT Department, Queen’s Hospital, Romford, Essex RM7 0AG, United Kingdom
Author contributions: Kumar G was the primary author of the manuscript; Andreou Z and Virk JS edited and provided literature searches; Owa A was the senior clinician and contributed to proof reading.
Correspondence to: Gaurav Kumar, FRCS, ORL-HNS, ENT Department, Queen’s Hospital, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Rom Valley Way, Romford, Essex RM7 0AG, United Kingdom. drgauravkr@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone: +44-1708-435000 Fax: +44-1708-596959
Received: April 9, 2014
Revised: May 23, 2014
Accepted: June 18, 2014
Published online: September 16, 2014
Revised: May 23, 2014
Accepted: June 18, 2014
Published online: September 16, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: Glomus tympanicum can result in new bone formation in the middle ear with resultant ossicular fixation and conductive hearing loss. This can be effectively treated surgically with restoration of hearing. We describe this previously unreported presentation of glomus tympanicum in the world literature (with reactive osteogenesis and resultant severe conductive hearing loss). We therefore believe our findings would be of interest to the readers of your journal and raise awareness of this as a differential diagnosis which may be under-recognised.