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Endolymphatic sac tumours

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

D. A. Luff
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, U.K.
M. Simmons
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, U.K.
T. Malik
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, U.K.
R. T. Ramsden
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, U.K.
H. Reid
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Histopathology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, U.K.

Abstract

Endolymphatic sac tumours (ELST) are rare tumours of the petrous temporal bone. They may arise sporadically or be associated with von Hippel-Lindau disease. Their differential diagnosis is discussed. We present the clinical and histopathological features of two new patients with ELST and outline the management of their condition. In addition, we review a third case previously reported as a choroid plexus papilloma in which the histology has been re-assessed and the diagnosis changed to ELST. The controversy regarding the cellular origins of adenomatous tumours of the temporal bone is highlighted.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2002

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