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Report of a Case Exhibiting Ossifying Obliterative Labyrinthitis

MAXINE BENNETT, M.D.; GABRIELE M. ZuRHEIN, M.D.; THEODORE H. BAST, Ph.D.

AMA Arch Otolaryngol. 1957;66(3):257-265.

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Since Rosenwasser¹ described the first clinical case of a carotid body-like tumor in 1945, more than 100 cases have been reported in the literature. It is our purpose to add this case of glomus jugulare tumor because of the unusual findings in the petrous bone.

There will be no attempt made to review the literature. Reference is made to excellent reviews by Winship,² Towson,³ Williams,⁴ Stewart,⁵ Siekert,⁶ and Bickerstaff.⁷

Report of Case

A 53-year-old white woman was referred to the neurosurgery department, of University Hospital, on Feb. 20, 1948, with a diagnosis of "possible angle tumor."

She first sought medical help in September, 1942, when she consulted an otologist because of a pounding type of tinnitus, more intense in the left ear, which had been present for about five years. Otologic examination at that time was entirely normal except for a "slightly dull . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Madison, Wis.

From the Departments of Otolaryngology, Pathology, and Anatomy, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 1, 1957.

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