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Surgical excision of a rare middle ear myxoma mimicking chronic otitis media resulted in no recurrence and normal hearing after 17 months of follow-up.
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Myxomas should be considered in the differential diagnosis of aural polyps, and patients with temporal bone myxomas should be evaluated for Carney complex.
Supports considering myxomas in aural polyp differentials with Carney complex screening; hypothesis-generating for temporal bone myxoma management.
Myxoma is a benign connective tissue tumor that arises mostly from the heart. Temporal bone myxomas are extremely rare and these patients should be evaluated for the Carney complex association. Herein, our aim was to present a middle ear myxoma case operated with an initial diagnosis of chronic otitis media (COM) and to underline the fact that myxomas should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of aural polyps.
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Olgun et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Middle ear myxoma (n=1). Surgical excision was evaluated on Tumor recurrence. Surgical excision of a rare middle ear myxoma mimicking chronic otitis media resulted in no recurrence and normal hearing after 17 months of follow-up.
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