Open AccessAggressive osteoblastoma in mastoid process of temporal bone with facial palsy
Author(s) -
Manoj Jain,
Chanchal Rana,
. Rajkumar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.118684
Subject(s) - osteoblastoma , temporal bone , palsy , medicine , facial nerve , facial nerve palsy , middle ear , mastoid process , anatomy , surgery , pathology , lesion , alternative medicine
Osteoblastoma is an uncommon primary bone tumor with a predilection for posterior elements of spine. Its occurrence in temporal bone and middle ear is extremely rare. Clinical symptoms are non-specific and cranial nerve involvement is uncommon. The cytomorphological features of osteoblastoma are not very well defined and the experience is limited to only few reports. We report an interesting and rare case of aggressive osteoblastoma, with progressive hearing loss and facial palsy, involving the mastoid process of temporal bone and middle ear along with the description of cyto-morphological features.