Hemangiomas in the pediatric middle ear are a rare occurrence. We present the case of a 3-year-old boy with unilateral hearing impairment and recurrent otitis media with effusion due to a hemangioma in the middle ear. This caused a venous sinus thrombosis, osteomyelitis, and mastoiditis. Interdisciplinary treatment was performed. This case shows that even benign lesions in the middle ear can cause severe, life-threatening complications due to the close proximity of important anatomic structures in the middle ear. Every case of asymmetric hearing loss should thus be examined in detail.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10066088 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00106-022-01261-y | DOI Listing |
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