Mature Teratoma of the Temporal Bone in 3.5-Month-Old Baby Girl

Alshema Alqurashi; Essa Bakry; Marta Straube; Christian H. Rickert; Parwis Mir-Salim

doi:10.1155/2015/372089

Case Reports in Otolaryngology (Jan 2015)

Mature Teratoma of the Temporal Bone in 3.5-Month-Old Baby Girl

Alshema Alqurashi,
Essa Bakry,
Marta Straube,
Christian H. Rickert,
Parwis Mir-Salim

Affiliations

Alshema Alqurashi: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Vivantes Hospital Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany
Essa Bakry: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Vivantes Hospital Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany
Marta Straube: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Vivantes Hospital Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany
Christian H. Rickert: Department of Pathology, Vivantes Hospital Friedrichshain, Landsberger Allee 49, 10249 Berlin, Germany
Parwis Mir-Salim: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Vivantes Hospital Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/372089
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2015

Abstract

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Mature teratoma is a benign germ cell tumor rarely located in the temporal bone. We are reporting a case of a mature teratoma of the temporal bone in a healthy borne 3.5-month-old baby girl with a 2-day suggestive history of otitis media and polypoidal mass expulsing from the external auditory canal of the left ear. A definitive diagnosis is made after complete excision and histological examination of the tissue. Total surgical excision of the tumor is the treatment of choice.

Published in Case Reports in Otolaryngology

ISSN: 2090-6765 (Print); 2090-6773 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Otorhinolaryngology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2807

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