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Asymptomatic osteomas of the middle ear
F M Silver1, P W Orobello, A Mangal
1Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Ohio.
The American Journal of Otology
|March 1, 1993
Abstract:
Osteomas of the middle ear are extremely rare lesions. Of the nine cases reported, eight presented with conductive hearing loss. We recently treated two patients whose osteomas, of the promontory and of the posteroinferior tympanic wall, were asymptomatic. We suggest that middle ear osteomas need not be removed when they do not impinge on the sound conduction system.