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Cerebellopontine angle lymphoma presenting as chronic mastoiditis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Nicola Hill
Affiliation:
Otolaryngology Department, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Brad Little
Affiliation:
Otolaryngology Department, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Nilesh Vasan
Affiliation:
Otolaryngology Department, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Malcolm Giles
Affiliation:
Otolaryngology Department, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand.

Abstract

Middle-ear tumours are not uncommonly mistaken for mastoiditis on presentation. We report a case of cerebellopontine angle non-Hodgkin’s B-cell lymphoma originally presenting as a middle-ear inflammatory process. In mastoiditis not resolving with conventional treatment it is important to look for an underlying cause.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2000

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