Abstract :
Introduction: Inspite of modern radiological work up, surgeons can still be surprised by intraoperative findings or by pathologists report.
Materials and methods: We present the case history of a 51 year old male who came to our institute with complaints of unilateral hearing loss, involuntary facial movements and retroauricular pain for a period of 1 year. He underwent Fisch approach with short segment mobilization of facial nerve.
Results: Though pre-operative CT and MRI findings were suggestive of a petroclival mass he had middle ear adenoma.
Keyword :
Middle ear, Middle Ear Adenoma, Middle Ear benign tumor, Adenoma