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Basal cell carcinoma of the middle ear—a natural history

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

H. Z. Joachims  and
Y.Ben Arieh
H. Z. Joachims*
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology and Pathology, Rambam Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Y.Ben Arieh
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology and Pathology, Rambam Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
*
Department of Otolaryngology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa 35254, Israel.
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Abstract

The natural course of basal cell carcinoma of the middle ear is described. This tumour is extremely rarely found in the middle ear and only two cases have been reported to date. The appearance of the tumour was heralded by earache and deafness, followed years later by wide local destruction of the temporal and parietal bones, base of skull, facial palsy and multiple distant metastases.

The patient refused both surgical and irradiation therapy and died 10 years after the initial diagnosis.

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Clinical Records
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 102 , Issue 10 , October 1988 , pp. 932 - 934
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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