A Case of Fungal Ball with Cholesterol Granuloma in the Middle Ear Cavity

Fungal balls consist of rounded conglomerates of fungal mycelia, which can form within a preexisting cavity. They are mostly found in the paranasal sinuses in the head and neck regions. Cholesterol granuloma is a fibrotic lesion that develops as a tissue response to a foreign body such as cholestero...

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Autores principales: Kim, Su Geun, Lee, Eun Jung, Yoo, Ji Seob, Yeo, Cha Dong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Audiological Society and Korean Otological Society 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7575918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31813212
http://dx.doi.org/10.7874/jao.2019.00339
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author Kim, Su Geun
Lee, Eun Jung
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description Fungal balls consist of rounded conglomerates of fungal mycelia, which can form within a preexisting cavity. They are mostly found in the paranasal sinuses in the head and neck regions. Cholesterol granuloma is a fibrotic lesion that develops as a tissue response to a foreign body such as cholesterol crystals or hemosiderin and is often associated with chronic otitis media. We present the unusual case of a 62-year-old male who was treated for chronic otitis media, which was histologically confirmed as a fungal ball and cholesterol granuloma in the middle ear cavity following tympanomastoidectomy. This is the first reported case of synchronous fungal ball and cholesterol granuloma in the middle ear cavity.
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spelling pubmed-75759182020-10-26 A Case of Fungal Ball with Cholesterol Granuloma in the Middle Ear Cavity Kim, Su Geun Lee, Eun Jung Yoo, Ji Seob Yeo, Cha Dong J Audiol Otol Case Report Fungal balls consist of rounded conglomerates of fungal mycelia, which can form within a preexisting cavity. They are mostly found in the paranasal sinuses in the head and neck regions. Cholesterol granuloma is a fibrotic lesion that develops as a tissue response to a foreign body such as cholesterol crystals or hemosiderin and is often associated with chronic otitis media. We present the unusual case of a 62-year-old male who was treated for chronic otitis media, which was histologically confirmed as a fungal ball and cholesterol granuloma in the middle ear cavity following tympanomastoidectomy. This is the first reported case of synchronous fungal ball and cholesterol granuloma in the middle ear cavity. The Korean Audiological Society and Korean Otological Society 2020-10 2019-12-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7575918/ /pubmed/31813212 http://dx.doi.org/10.7874/jao.2019.00339 Text en Copyright © 2020 The Korean Audiological Society and Korean Otological Society This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7874/jao.2019.00339
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