Open AccessPrimary Adenocarcinoma of middle ear with intracranial and parotid extension A rare case and literature review
Author(s) -
Chhavi Gupta
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
up state journal of otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2321-3450
DOI - 10.36611/upjohns/18.5
Subject(s) - middle ear , medicine , adenocarcinoma , temporal bone , otitis , differential diagnosis , metastasis , pathology , parotid gland , radiology , surgery , cancer
Adenocarcinoma of middle ear is a rare tumor, few cases were reported in literature. Primary middle ear adenocarcinoma is locally invasive neoplasm arises from middle ear mucosa. These tumors may or may not be associated with Chronic Suppurative Otitis media. These tumors tend to have slow growth pattern and have an infrequent incidence of distant metastasis, recurrence is also a common problem. . They should be considered in the differential diagnosis of lytic lesions of the temporal bone on imaging. We reported a histologically proven case of adenocarcinoma of middle ear with intracranial and parotid extension in 24yr old female patient that was successfully managed. If managed early they have a very god prognosis with a 5-year survival of 70% has been reported for low-grade adenocarcinomas.Keywords: Adenocarcinoma, middle ear, invasive neoplasm.