Skip to main content
Key Specialties
Cardiology Diabetology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics and Gerontology Gynecology and Obstetrics Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Surgery
Congress Coverage
2024 ACC Congress 2023 ESMO Congress 2023 EASD Congress 2023 ERS Congress 2023 ESC Congress
Clinical Collections
Advances in Alzheimer’s

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Log in
Top
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
Published in: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 7/2008

Open Access 01-07-2008 | Case Report

Primary temporal bone secretory meningioma presenting as chronic otitis media

Authors: T. A. T. Marcelissen, R. B. J. de Bondt, M. Lammens, J. J. Manni

Published in: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology | Issue 7/2008

Login to get access

Abstract

We report an extremely rare case of a secretory meningioma primarily involving the temporal bone. A 56-year old female patient presented to us with a history of a chronic otitis media and unilateral hearing loss. Diagnostic investigations revealed a tumor arising from the temporal bone without signs of intracranial involvement. Histopathological examination showed a meningioma of the secretory type. The tumor was partially resected and serial imaging at follow-up revealed no extension of the tumor. No new symptoms developed 1 year after surgery. Secretory meningioma is a rare meningioma subtype and extracranial presentation in the temporal bone is very unusual. We present the first case of a primary temporal bone secretory meningioma in the otorhinolaryngological literature. As radical as possible surgical excision with serial imaging at follow-up is recommended.
Literature
1.
O’Reilly RC, Kapadia SB, Kamerer DB (1998) Primary extracranial meningiomas of the temporal bone. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 118(5):690–694PubMedCrossRef
2.
Alguicil-Garcia A, Pettigrew NM, Sima AA (1986) Secretory meningioma: a distinct subtype of meningioma. Am J Surg Pathol 10:102–111CrossRef
3.
Kepes JJ (1961) Observation on the formation of psammoma bodies and pseudopsammoma bodies in meningiomas. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 34:282–289CrossRef
4.
Probst-Cousin S, Villagran-Lillo R, Lahl R, Bergmann M, Schmid KW, Gullotta F (1997) Secretory meningioma, clinical, histological and immunohistochemical finding in 31 cases. Cancer 79:2003–2015PubMedCrossRef
5.
Gagnon NB, Lavigne F, Mohr G, Guerard MJ, Bouvier G (1986) Extracranial and intracranial meningiomas. J Otolaryngol 15(6):380–384PubMed
6.
Rietz DR, Ford CN, Kurtycz DF, Brandenburg JH, Hafez GR (1983) Significance of apperent intratympanic meningiomas. Laryngoscope 93:1397–1404PubMedCrossRef
7.
Batsakis JG (1984) Pathology consultation. Extracranial meningiomas. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 93:282–283PubMed
8.
Devaney KO, Boschman CR, Willard SC, Ferlito A, Rinaldo A (2005) Tumours of the external ear and temporal bone. Lancet Oncol 6(6):411–420PubMedCrossRef
9.
Thompson LD, Bouffard JP, Sandberg GD, Mena H (2003) Primary ear and temporal bone meningiomas: a clinicopathological study of 36 cases with a review of the literature. Mod Pathol 16:236–245PubMedCrossRef
10.
Goldsmith BJ, Wara WM, Wilson CB, Larson DA (1994) Postoperative irradiation for subtotally resected meningiomas. J Neurosurg 80:195–201PubMedCrossRef
11.
Barbaro N, Gutin P, Wilson C, Sheline G, Boldrey E, Wara W (1987) Radiation therapy in the treatment of partially resected meningiomas. Neurosurgery 20:525–527PubMedCrossRef
12.
Louis D, Scheithauer B, Budka H et al (2000) Meningiomas. In: Kleihues P, Cavanee W (eds) Tumours of the Nervous System. IARC, Lyon, pp 176–184
13.
Kleihues P, Louis DN, Scheithauer BW, Rorke LB, Reifenberger G, Burger PC et al (2002) The WHO classification of tumors of the nervous system. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 61(3):215–225; discussion 226–229PubMed
14.
Colakoglu N, Demirtas E, Oktar N, Yuntem N, Islekel S, Ozdamar N (2003) Secretory meningiomas. Report of clinical, immunohistochemical findings in 12 cases and review of literature. J Neuro-oncol 62:233–241CrossRef
15.
Ereno C, Izquierdo AP, Basurko JM, Bilbao FJ, Lopez JI (2006) Temporal bone meningioma presenting as a middle ear mass. Pathol Res Pract 202(6):481–484PubMedCrossRef
Metadata
Title
Primary temporal bone secretory meningioma presenting as chronic otitis media
Authors
T. A. T. Marcelissen
R. B. J. de Bondt
M. Lammens
J. J. Manni
Publication date
01-07-2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology / Issue 7/2008
Print ISSN: 0937-4477
Electronic ISSN: 1434-4726
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-007-0531-6

Other articles of this Issue 7/2008

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 7/2008 Go to the issue

Rhinology

Recordings of the optical intrinsic signal from the middle turbinate in response to olfactory and trigeminal stimulation: a pilot study

Otology

Is the audiologic status of professional musicians a reflection of the noise exposure in classical orchestral music?

Case Report

The effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation for dysphagia in opercular syndrome: a case study

Miscellaneous

Randomized study comparing postoperative pain between coblation and bipolar scissor tonsillectomy

Head and Neck

A polyethylene glycol grafted bi-layered polyurethane scaffold: preliminary study of a new candidate prosthesis for repair of a partial tracheal defect

Otology

Auditory steady-state responses to multiple simultaneous stimuli in children with functional or sensorineural hearing loss