Massive Temporal Lobe Cholesteatoma

Joint Authors

Dowthwaite, Samuel A.
Waidyasekara, Pasan
Stephenson, Ellison
Bhuta, Sandeep
McMonagle, Brent

Source

Case Reports in Otolaryngology

Issue

Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-4, 4 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2015-03-04

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

4

Main Subjects

Diseases

Abstract EN

Introduction.

Intracranial extension of cholesteatoma is rare.

This may occur de novo or recur some time later either contiguous with or separate to the site of the original cholesteatoma.

Presentation of Case.

A 63-year-old female presented to a tertiary referral hospital with a fluctuating level of consciousness, fever, headache, and right-sided otorrhoea, progressing over several days.

Her past medical history included surgery for right ear cholesteatoma and drainage of intracranial abscess 23 years priorly.

There had been no relevant symptoms in the interim until 6 weeks prior to this presentation.

Imaging demonstrated a large right temporal lobe mass contiguous with the middle ear and mastoid cavity with features consistent with cholesteatoma.

The patient underwent a combined transmastoid/middle fossa approach for removal of the cholesteatoma and repair of the tegmen dehiscence.

The patient made an uneventful recovery and remains well over 12 months later.

Conclusion.

This case presentation details a large intracranial cholesteatoma which had extended through a tegmen tympani dehiscence from recurrent right ear cholesteatoma treated by modified radical mastoidectomy over two decades priorly.

There was a completely asymptomatic progression of disease until several weeks prior to this presentation.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Waidyasekara, Pasan& Dowthwaite, Samuel A.& Stephenson, Ellison& Bhuta, Sandeep& McMonagle, Brent. 2015. Massive Temporal Lobe Cholesteatoma. Case Reports in Otolaryngology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059586

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Waidyasekara, Pasan…[et al.]. Massive Temporal Lobe Cholesteatoma. Case Reports in Otolaryngology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059586

American Medical Association (AMA)

Waidyasekara, Pasan& Dowthwaite, Samuel A.& Stephenson, Ellison& Bhuta, Sandeep& McMonagle, Brent. Massive Temporal Lobe Cholesteatoma. Case Reports in Otolaryngology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059586

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1059586