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Case Report With 25-Year Follow-up

James J. Sun, MD; Lloyd C. Ford, MD; Barry M. Rasgon, MD; Brent I. Lewis, MD

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004;130:1223-1227.

We report the 25-year follow-up on the first reported case of odontoma in the middle ear. Diagnosis of odontoma had been made on the basis of radiography films that showed a middle ear mass with multiple toothlike areas of radiopacity. No clinical intervention was recommended. At 25-year follow-up, audiometry showed progressive mixed hearing loss on the affected side and mild ipsilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Computed tomography better characterized the discrete mass, which was shaped similar to a dental crown. To avoid jeopardizing cochlear and facial nerve function, no surgical intervention was pursued, and we recommended use of a BiCROS (bilateral contralateral routing of signal) hearing aid.

From the Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Oakland, Calif (Drs Sun, Ford, and Rasgon); and the Department of Otolaryngology, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, Wash (Dr Lewis). The authors have no relevant financial interest in this article.

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