Year: 1992 Vol. 58 Ed. 4 - (10º)
Relato de Casos
Pages: 285 to 289
Mucocele of temporal bone (middle ear). A case report.
Author(s):
Carlos Alberto de Paula e Salles*,
Vinícius Coita Barbosa**,
Dairton Miranda***
Keywords: mucocele, temporal bone, mucosal cyst, middle ear.
Abstract:
A 58 years old male patient presented with mucocele of the middle ear. The difficulty of the differential diagnosis with chronic otitis media is related and the value of the CT scan is pointed out. The possibility of the peripheric facial paralysis suffered by the patient is related with de compression of the facial nerve in its tympanic segment by the "mucocele cyst" is mentioned.
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