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Middle ear adenoma: a case report

We describe a case report of a middle ear adenoma in man with progressive conductive hearing loss, hyperemic retrotympanic mass with slow growing and undergone a radical mastoidectomy. This is a rare tumor composed of adenomatous and neuroendocrine cells. It has a large number of differential diagnoses and it is done by microscopy and immunohistochemistry. The treatment is surgical in all cases with no additional therapy only clinical follow-up, once its prognostic is favorable

adenoma; middle ear; ear surgery


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