Middle ear hemangioma: A novel treatment for a rare problem
Received 6 January 2009; received in revised form 26 January 2009; accepted 27 January 2009. published online 02 March 2009.
Summary
Hemangiomas and other vascular lesions are common in the head and neck in children. Multiple areas of involvement have been reported, but only 12 cases of middle ear involvement have been reported in the English literature [P.J. Hsueh, W.Y. Chen, Y.C. Chiang, F.P. Lee, Capillary hemangioma of the middle ear, Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. 136 (4) (2007) 666–667]. This case describes the presentation and novel treatment of a middle ear hemangioma using a CO2 laser assisted excision.
aDivision of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
bDepartment of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Alabama, 1600 Seventh Avenue South ACC320, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
Corresponding author at: Division of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
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