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Endolymphatic sac tumor and angiomatous lesions of the nasal and pharyngeal mucosa as a first manifestation of von Hippel‐Lindau disease
Author(s) -
Honeder Clemens,
Gstoettner Wolfgang,
Matula Christian,
Czerny Christian,
Gruber Andreas,
Ramsebner Reinhard,
Arnoldner Christoph
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1002/lary.23438
Subject(s) - medicine , endolymphatic sac , differential diagnosis , cholesteatoma , pathology , anatomy , radiology , inner ear
In the present article we report an endolymphatic sac tumor in a 15‐year‐old male who had additional angiomatous lesions in the nasal and pharyngeal mucosa and was diagnosed with von Hippel‐Lindau disease postoperatively. Preoperative imaging excluded cholesteatoma, but did not provide sufficient information to distinguish between jugular paraganglioma and endolymphatic sac tumor. To the authors' knowledge this is the first description of angiomatous lesions in the mucosa of the upper respiratory tract in a von Hippel‐Lindau disease patient, a potentially useful finding for future radiological differential diagnosis in cases presenting with endolymphatic sac tumor. Laryngoscope, 2012