Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Middle Ear Mimicking CSOM with Intracranial Complications: A Diagnostic Dilemma
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51564#.VG2VyDRATyR Author(s) Anoop Attakkil , Vandana Thorawade , Mohan Jagade , Rajesh Kar , Kartik Parelkar , Poonam Khairnar , Reshma Hanowate , Devkumar Rangaraja Affiliation(s) Department of ENT, Grant Medical College & Sir J.J. Hospital, Mumbai, India . ABSTRACT Cancer of the external auditory canal (EAC) and middle ear (ME) is rare, accounting for less than 1% of all head-and-neck malignancies [1] [2] of which squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common. Even though squamous cell carcinoma [SCC] of the middle ear and chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) co-exist, no definitive correlation has been proven. Here we are presenting a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the middle ear who presented with headache, fever and vomiting with a background history of chronic suppurative otitis media since childhood. A provisional diagno...