Neuroepithelial cysts of the middle ear

Arthur F Chen; Ravi N Samy; Patricia Kirby; Bruce J Gantz; Jay T Rubinstein

doi:10.1177/000348940311200410

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Neuroepithelial cysts of the middle ear

Arthur F Chen, Ravi N Samy, Patricia Kirby, Bruce J Gantz and Jay T Rubinstein

Annals of otology, rhinology & laryngology, Vol.112(4), pp.356-360

04/2003

DOI: 10.1177/000348940311200410

PMID: 12731631

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Abstract

Neuroepithelial cysts are lesions of the central nervous system that have previously been reported in cerebral parenchyma, in the spinal cord, and within the ventricles in association with the choroid plexus. We describe 2 cases of neuroepithelial cysts of the middle ear. One was diagnosed after surgery for a retraction pocket and chronic otitis media complicated by an intraoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak. The other produced bilateral spontaneous CSF otorrhea and mimicked the presentation of arachnoid granulations. Both cases were verified with immunohistochemical stains. Neuroepithelial cysts, although rare, should be considered in the differential diagnosis of spontaneous CSF otorrhea or an epitympanic mass.

Cysts - surgery

Neuroglia - pathology

Humans

Calcinosis - diagnostic imaging

Male

Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Tympanic Membrane - surgery

Middle Ear Ventilation - adverse effects

Hearing Aids

Intraoperative Complications

Female

Ear Diseases - surgery

Ear, Middle - pathology

Diagnosis, Differential

Epithelium - pathology

Temporal Bone - diagnostic imaging

Otitis Media - pathology

Tympanic Membrane - pathology

Cysts - pathology

Cerebrospinal Fluid Otorrhea - etiology

Temporal Bone - pathology

Hearing Loss, Sensorineural - therapy

Aged

Epithelium - surgery

Calcinosis - pathology

Chronic Disease

Ear, Middle - surgery

Ear Diseases - pathology

Details

Title: Subtitle: Neuroepithelial cysts of the middle ear
Creators: Arthur F Chen - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
Ravi N Samy
Patricia Kirby
Bruce J Gantz
Jay T Rubinstein
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Annals of otology, rhinology & laryngology, Vol.112(4), pp.356-360
Publisher: United States
DOI: 10.1177/000348940311200410
PMID: 12731631
ISSN: 0003-4894
eISSN: 1943-572X
Language: English
Date published: 04/2003
Academic Unit: Pathology; Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology
Record Identifier: 9984006436502771

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