Mastoid Osteoma of Temporal Bone – A Rare Case Report
Published: June 1, 2017 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/24897.9966
Rahul Kumar Singh, Amit Goyal, Amit Kumar, Gaurav Kataria, Amber Kesarwani
1. Senior Resident, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
2. Additional Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
3. Senior Resident, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
4. Senior Resident, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
5. Senior Resident, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Rahul Kumar Singh,
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
Jodhpur-342005, Rajasthan, India.
E-mail: dr.rksingh23@gmail.com
Osteomas of the temporal bone are rare entity with incidence of 0.1% - 1% of all benign tumours of skull. They are slow growing benign lesion of temporal bone. We report a rare case of mastoid osteoma of size more than 5 cm. A 40-year-old female patient presented to us with left post auricular bony swelling of size greater than 5 cm. Diagnosis of mastoid osteoma was made after relevant investigations including High Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT) temporal bone. Complete surgical excision was done with good cosmetic outcome without recurrence.
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