Isolated middle ear meningioma

Abstract

Meningiomas are slowly progressive, benign tumors that originate from meningothelial cells. Extracranial meningiomas, especially isolated middle ear meningiomas, are very rare. In this article, we report a rare secretory type primary middle ear meningioma which was histopathologically confirmed in a 46-year-old female patient who presented with otological and neurootological symptoms.

Keywords

• Chronic otitis, isolated, meningioma, middle ear

İzole orta kulak meningiomu

Abstract

Meningiomlar, meningotelial hücrelerden köken alan yavaş seyirli, benign tümörlerdir. Ekstrakraniyal meningiomlar, özellikle izole orta kulak meningiomları, oldukça nadirdir. Bu yazıda, otolojik ve nörootolojik semptomlarla başvuran 46 yaşındaki bir kadın hastada histopatolojik olarak teyit edilen nadir, sekretuar tipte primer orta kulak meningiomu sunuldu

Keywords

• Kronik otit, izole, meningiom, orta kulak

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