Middle ear osteoma: case report and review of literature

Abstract

Figure 1 CT temporal bone , Axial images going from caudal to cranial (a,b,c) and coronal images ) from anterior to posterior (d,e,f ) displaying lobulated hyper dense lesion arising from the superior wall of the middle ear cavity and pedunculated along the medial wall ( black arrows)giving CT features of osteoma. Figure 2 Axial (a) and coronal (b) views displaying Osteoma emanating from superior and medial wall of middle ear cavity, inseparable from Tympanic course of the facial nerve canal (grey arrow). The malleus head, incus body and short process (white arrow) are displaced laterally.