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Hatice T. Sanal, MD; Ozgur Kilickesmez, MD; Cevat Can, MD
Diyarbakir Military Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005;131:922.

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A 55-year-old woman presented with left-sided acute, painless facial paralysis. The findings of her physical examination were unremarkable. An otoscopic examination was not performed. Because facial nerve edema is one of the most common causes of facial paralysis, medical therapy was prescribed accordingly. The patient had no response to the therapy, so she was readmitted for the second time 2 months later, at which time otoscopy revealed a skin-covered mass obliterating the left external auditory canal.

Computed tomography demonstrated a lytic, partially expansile lesion measuring approximately 4 x 4 cm in the mastoid and styloid portions of the temporal bone, with irregular margins, a wide transition zone, and mild dense calcifications within the internal structure (Figure 1). The bone lesion, which had a soft tissue component (Figure 2), extended to the vicinity of the tympanic membrane, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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