Ann Short Rep | Volume 1, Issue 1 | Case Report | Open Access

Carcinoid Tumor of the Middle Ear: A Case Report

Zhongrui Chen, Yueshuai Song, Jing Xie, Yun Liu and Shusheng Gong*

Department of Otology, Capital Medical University, China

*Correspondance to: Shusheng Gong 

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Abstract

Primary carcinoid of middle ear is a kind of neuroendocrine tumor, and it is rarely discovered clinically. Carcinoid does not have typical clinical symptoms, and it has been misdiagnosed frequently. It is also nonspecific in clinical and radiologic aspect. Its diagnosis depends on pathologic result. This article will report a case which takes “discovering external auditory canal tumor” as chief complaint, and diagnosed as “primary carcinoid of middle ear” eventually, and discuss its clinical and pathological featurestreatment and prognosis.

Keywords:

Middle ear neuroendocrine tumor carcinoid pathology

Citation:

Chen Z, Song Y, Xie J, Liu Y, Gong S. Carcinoid Tumor of the Middle Ear: A Case Report. Ann Short Reports. 2018;1(1):1004.

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