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Noncholesteatomatous Cyst of the Tympanic Membrane: A Nonpublished Entity?

Introduction. The presence of a serous cyst in the tympanic membrane implies the description of a new or unpublished entity based on our knowledge whose origin may be very unlikely explained on actual embryologic and anatomic background. Clinical Case. We present a case of a 45-year-old woman with p...

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Autores principales: Ramírez-Camacho, Rafael, Salas, Isabel, Trinidad, Almudena, Villarreal, Ithzel Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4579305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26442163
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/187187
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description Introduction. The presence of a serous cyst in the tympanic membrane implies the description of a new or unpublished entity based on our knowledge whose origin may be very unlikely explained on actual embryologic and anatomic background. Clinical Case. We present a case of a 45-year-old woman with progressing right hearing loss. Physical examination revealed a whitish, round-shaped malformation in the posterior-inferior quadrant of the right tympanic membrane. The cyst was removed with a transcanal tympanoplasty. Discussion. A thorough PubMed search that involved the terms tympanic membrane gland, epithelial inclusion cysts, mucous-secreting cyst, and tympanic cyst has shown no positive results. The first description of an unknown entity, such as a tympanic membrane serous cyst, may be the key for clinicians to start paying attention to patients who suffer from similar pathologies and may pass unnoticed because of their rarity or peculiarity.
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spelling pubmed-45793052015-10-05 Noncholesteatomatous Cyst of the Tympanic Membrane: A Nonpublished Entity? Ramírez-Camacho, Rafael Salas, Isabel Trinidad, Almudena Villarreal, Ithzel Maria Case Rep Otolaryngol Case Report Introduction. The presence of a serous cyst in the tympanic membrane implies the description of a new or unpublished entity based on our knowledge whose origin may be very unlikely explained on actual embryologic and anatomic background. Clinical Case. We present a case of a 45-year-old woman with progressing right hearing loss. Physical examination revealed a whitish, round-shaped malformation in the posterior-inferior quadrant of the right tympanic membrane. The cyst was removed with a transcanal tympanoplasty. Discussion. A thorough PubMed search that involved the terms tympanic membrane gland, epithelial inclusion cysts, mucous-secreting cyst, and tympanic cyst has shown no positive results. The first description of an unknown entity, such as a tympanic membrane serous cyst, may be the key for clinicians to start paying attention to patients who suffer from similar pathologies and may pass unnoticed because of their rarity or peculiarity. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-09-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4579305/ /pubmed/26442163 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/187187 Text en Copyright © 2015 Rafael Ramírez-Camacho et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Noncholesteatomatous Cyst of the Tympanic Membrane: A Nonpublished Entity?
title_sort noncholesteatomatous cyst of the tympanic membrane: a nonpublished entity?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4579305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26442163
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/187187
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