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Primary basal cell carcinoma of the middle ear presenting as recurrent cholesteatoma
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Fort Smith, USA.
The American Journal of Otology
|September 30, 1999
Abstract
Objective:
This study aimed to sensitize the practitioner to the unusual presentation of basal cell carcinoma in a recurrent cholesteatoma mass.
Study Design:
The study design was a case report format.
Setting:
The study was conducted at a tertiary referral hospital.
Patient:
The patient studied was a contralaterally anacusic veteran.
Intervention:
Interventions were excision of cholesteatoma and withholding of adjunctive radiation.
Conclusion:
Primary basal cell carcinoma may present in a revision cholesteatoma field.