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Quiz Case 2
Dinesh K. Chhetri, MD;
Nupoor A. Gajjar, MD;
Sunita Bhuta, MD;
James C. Andrews, MD
Los Angeles, Calif
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2001;127:79-82.
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A 26-YEAR-OLD man presented with decreased hearing and a sensation of
fluid in his left ear of more than 1 year's duration. On examination, the
left tympanic membrane appeared injected with density in the middle ear. Audiometric
testing revealed a mild unilateral conductive hearing loss and a flat tympanogram.
A trial of antibiotics failed to improve the patient's condition; therefore,
1 month later, a myringotomy was performed. During this procedure, polypoid
tissue was reported to completely fill the middle ear. A ventilation tube
was placed, and the patient was referred to our clinic.
On examination at our clinic, the left tympanic membrane had polypoid
tissue extruding from the myringotomy site. The findings of the rest of the
head and neck examination, including fiberoscopy of the nasal and nasopharyngeal
cavities, were normal. An office biopsy of . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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