Bilateral Inflammatory Aural Polyps : A Manifestation of Samter's Triad

Abstract EN

We report an unusual case of bilateral inflammatory aural polyps in a patient with Samter's triad.

This 52-year-old patient had a history of chronic rhinosinusitis with sinonasal polyps, asthma, and aspirin sensitivity, with progressive right-sided hearing loss, otorrhea, and aural fullness.

She was found to have bilateral aural polyps, with the larger obstructing lesion on the right.

A computed tomography supported these findings and revealed bilateral opacification of the middle ear cleft and mastoid air cells.

An initial right tympanomastoidectomy was performed with the specimen histologically resembling a typical sinonasal polyp.

We speculate that this patient's middle ear polyposis is secondary to the inflammatory changes of Samter's triad.

This has not been described previously in the literature.