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Case Reports
. 2023 Apr;71(4):270-273.
doi: 10.1007/s00106-022-01261-y. Epub 2023 Jan 12.

[The complex pediatric middle ear hemangioma]

[Article in German]
Miray-Su Yılmaz Topçuoğlu  1 , Cornelia Hornberger  2 , Carlota Lucena-Porcel  3 , Ingo Baumann  2
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Case Reports

[The complex pediatric middle ear hemangioma]

[Article in German]
Miray-Su Yılmaz Topçuoğlu et al. HNO. 2023 Apr.

Abstract
in English, German

Hemangiomas in the pediatric middle ear are a rare occurrence. We present the case of a 3-year-old boy with unilateral hearing impairment and recurrent otitis media with effusion due to a hemangioma in the middle ear. This caused a venous sinus thrombosis, osteomyelitis, and mastoiditis. Interdisciplinary treatment was performed. This case shows that even benign lesions in the middle ear can cause severe, life-threatening complications due to the close proximity of important anatomic structures in the middle ear. Every case of asymmetric hearing loss should thus be examined in detail.

Mittelohrhämangiome bei Kleinkindern sind selten. Die Kasuistik beschreibt einen dreijährigen Jungen mit einseitiger Hörminderung und rezidivierenden Paukenergüssen durch ein Mittelohrhämangiom. Dieses verursachte eine Sinusvenenthrombose, Osteomyelitis und Mastoiditis. Eine interdisziplinäre Behandlung erfolgte. Auch gutartige Läsionen des Mittelohrs können schwerwiegende, lebensbedrohliche Komplikationen aufgrund der engen nachbarschaftlichen anatomischen Beziehungen des Mittelohrs hervorrufen. Jede asymmetrische Hörminderung sollte deshalb stets genauer untersucht werden.

Keywords: Auditory testing; Child; Conductive hearing loss; Otitis media with effusion; Vascular tumor.

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