Proceedings of the 150th Semon Club, 7 December 2015, ENT Department, Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Abstract

Case report A 24-year old Polish gentleman was referred with longstanding left-sided bloody otorrhoea. He had underwent excision of a left temporal bone tumour 10 years prior, with resulting VIIth cranial nerve weakness and deafness on the same side. Examination showed a large tumour filling the left ear canal, with House–Brackmann grade III facial weakness and reduced sensation on the same side. An audiogram confirmed a dead ear on the left side.