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Volume 5, Issue 2 , Pages 50-52 , March 2010

Middle ear hemangioma: A novel treatment for a rare problem

John P. Kostrzewa
- Division of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
- Department 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.
Michael K. Bowman
- Division of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
- Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Alabama, 1600 Seventh Avenue South ACC320, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
Audie L. Woolley
- Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Alabama, 1600 Seventh Avenue South ACC320, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA

Received 6 January 2009 ,Revised 26 January 2009 ,Accepted 27 January 2009.

Axial CT scan of left ear: Soft tissue opacity within the middle ear surrounding the ossicles, but no evidence of destruction.

Axial CT scan of left ear: Soft tissue opacity within the middle ear surrounding the ossicles, but no evidence of destruction.
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Operative findings: CO₂ assisted resection of middle ear hemangioma with saline soaked cotton pledget covering the facial nerve.

Operative findings: CO₂ assisted resection of middle ear hemangioma with saline soaked cotton pledget covering the facial nerve.
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Histopathology: Juvenile hemangioma with collapsed vascular spaces and sparse stroma.

Histopathology: Juvenile hemangioma with collapsed vascular spaces and sparse stroma.
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