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Tuberculoma of the mastoid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

D. S. Grewal ,
Puneet Bhargava ,
Bachi Mistry  and
Ninad Gaikwad
D. S. Grewal*
Affiliation:
Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital and T. N. Medical College. Bombay 400 008, India.
Puneet Bhargava
Affiliation:
Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital and T. N. Medical College. Bombay 400 008, India.
Bachi Mistry
Affiliation:
Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital and T. N. Medical College. Bombay 400 008, India.
Ninad Gaikwad
Affiliation:
Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital and T. N. Medical College. Bombay 400 008, India.
*
Address for correspondence: Dr D. S. Grewal, Professor and Head of Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital and T. N. Medical College, Bombay 400 008, India.
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Abstract

Tuberculoma is a rare but known complication of tuberculosis. It rarely occurs in the mastoid bone. When it occurs in the middle ear cleft, it can lead to intracranial complications if there is a delay in the diagnosis and management.

A rare case of tuberculosis of the middle ear cleft which presented as tuberculoma of the mastoid bone with infranuclear facial palsy is described. The tuberculoma was removed and a canal wall down tympanomastoidectomy was performed. Post-operatively the patient was kept on antituberculous therapy. The various problems encountered in the diagnosis and management of this case are discussed.

Keywords

TuberculomaMastoid
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 109 , Issue 3 , March 1995 , pp. 232 - 235
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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