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Carcinoid tumour of the middle ear

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

H. Kodama ,
H. Takezawa ,
T. Suzuki ,
K. Kobayashi ,
A. Kataura ,
J. Wakabayashi  and
M. Satoh
H. Kodama*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Sapporo Medical College, Sapporo, Japan.
H. Takezawa
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Sapporo Medical College, Sapporo, Japan. Division of Pathology, Sapporo Medical College Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
T. Suzuki
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Sapporo Medical College, Sapporo, Japan. Division of Pathology, Sapporo Medical College Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
K. Kobayashi
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Sapporo Medical College, Sapporo, Japan. Division of Pathology, Sapporo Medical College Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
A. Kataura
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Sapporo Medical College, Sapporo, Japan. Division of Pathology, Sapporo Medical College Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
J. Wakabayashi
Affiliation:
Division of Pathology, Sapporo Medical College Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
M. Satoh
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Sapporo Medical College, Sapporo, Japan. Division of Pathology, Sapporo Medical College Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
*
Hiroyuki Kodama, Department of Otolaryngology, Sapporo Medical College, S.I, W.16, Chuo-Ku Sapporo, Japan.
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Abstract

Carcinoid tumours belong to the rarer neoplasms of the middle ear. In 1980, Murphy et al. described the first case of a carcinoid tumour of the middle ear. Only five cases could be traced in the literature. The light and electron microscope features of a primary atypical carcinoid tumour of the middle ear are presented and compared with those described in the literature. Primary carcinoid of the middle ear appears to be derived from the epithelial lining of the middle ear. Distant metastases have not been reported. The duration and nature of the symptoms are of little diagnostic value. An atypical carcinoid tumour in the left ear of a 33-year-old woman is described.

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Clinical Records
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 103 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 86 - 91
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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