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Middle-ear lipoma presenting as airways obstruction:

Case report and review of literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

H. R. Stegehuts ,
A. M. Guy  and
K. R. Anderson
H. R. Stegehuts*
Affiliation:
ENT Registrar, Dunedin Hospital.
A. M. Guy
Affiliation:
ENT Surgeon, Dunedin Hospital.
K. R. Anderson
Affiliation:
Pathologist, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin and Otago, New Zealand.
*
Dr. Hans R. Stegehuis, C/- ENT Department, Christchurch Hospital, Private Bag, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Abstract

We report a case of a lipoma arising in the middle ear of a 64-year-old woman and extending down the eustachian tube to cause acute airways obstruction. The lipoma arose coinciden-tally after a stapedectomy operation and caused apparent late failure of the operation. A review of the literature revealed no similar cases.

Type
Clinical records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 99 , Issue 6 , June 1985 , pp. 589 - 591
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1985

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