Endolymphaticsac tumor – case report

Autor: Jolanta Szade, Tomasz Nowicki, Wojciech Brzoznowski, Jerzy Kuczkowski
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Polski Przegląd Otorynolaryngologiczny. 6:39-42
ISSN: 2084-5308
Popis: 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.
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