Ehtesham Ghani, Raza Ali Shah, Adil Aziz Khan, Anwar Shah, Khaleeq Uz Zaman.
Middle ear teratoma: a rare entity.
Pak J Surg Jan ;30(4):365-7.

Middle ear teratomas are rare benign tumors. Ten months old child presented with mass protruding out of the ear and partial seventh cranial nerve palsy. Computed Tomography(CT) scanshowed that the lesion was in the middle ear and had intracranial and extra-aural extensions. Th e patient was operated and the lesion was completely removed. Histopathological examination revealed it to be a middle ear teratoma. Postoperatively patient remained well forone year and then he died aft er having recurrence.

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