Mastoid Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report
Published: 2023-04-18
Page: 154-158
Issue: 2023 - Volume 6 [Issue 1]
Myriam Loudghiri *
Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, IBN ROCHD University Hospital, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.
Hamza Benghaleb
Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, IBN ROCHD University Hospital, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.
Youssef Oukessou
Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, IBN ROCHD University Hospital, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.
Sami Rouadi
Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, IBN ROCHD University Hospital, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.
Redallah Abada
Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, IBN ROCHD University Hospital, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.
Mohamed Roubal
Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, IBN ROCHD University Hospital, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.
Mohamed Mahtar
Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, IBN ROCHD University Hospital, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The diagnosis of primary cancer in the mastoid bone is frequently made after a mastoidectomy to control chronic mastoiditis. The main warning indications of cancer of the middle ear or external auditory canal include persistent infection, purulent otorrhea, and severe otalgia. Malignancy might be suspected if the quantity of bone mastoid destruction is out of proportion. In this case report, we present the case of an 81-year-old female patient who presented to our department with right chronic otalgia and purulent otorrhea, which been considered initially a malignant external otitis. With the non-amelioration of the symptomatology, additional tests, surgery, and histology revealed a mastoid adenocarcinoma.
Keywords: Mastoid bone, carcinoma, chronic mastoiditis, otalgia, mastoidectomy