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Mastoiditis secondary to metastatic lung carcinoma: case report and literature review
OBJECTIVE: We present a case report and systematic review of acute mastoiditis caused by metastatic lung cancer.CASE REPORT: A 62-year-old woman developed acute mastoiditis as a complication of otitis media. Cortical mastoidectomy revealed deposits of metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma around the sigmoid sinus. The patient had previously received treatment for lung cancer, but was thought to be in remission.DISCUSSION: A literature review confirmed that this is the first reported case of mastoiditis caused by metastatic lung cancer. Only four similar case reports were identified: two caused by breast carcinoma, one by renal cell carcinoma and one by cholangiocarcinoma. Post-mortem histopathological studies suggest that temporal bone metastasis occurs in 22 per cent of oncology cases.CONCLUSION: This is the first reported case of mastoiditis caused by metastatic lung cancer. Metastasis to the temporal bone is not uncommon, but rarely causes mastoiditis.</p
Brain Metastasis of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Presenting as Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Vertigo
Facial nerve palsy as the presenting feature of metastatic prostatic cancer in the temporal bone
External Auditory Canal Mass as the First Manifestation of a Bronchogenic Carcinoma: Report of a Rare Case
Subjective Tinnitus as First Presentation in a Patient with Metastatic Lung Cancer in Temporal Bone - A Case Report
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