Extensive cholesterol granuloma of the petrous apex presenting with facial paralysis and sensorineural hearing loss: a case report

Kulak Burun Bogaz Ihtis Derg. 2013 Jan-Feb;23(1):60-4. doi: 10.5606/kbbihtisas.2013.70037.

Abstract

A cholesterol granuloma of the petrous bone is an expanding mass which contains fluids, lipids, chronic inflammatory cells, and cholesterol crystals surrounded by a fibrous lining. The goal of surgery is to provide drainage and ventilation of the affected area to prevent recurrences. In this article, we report a case of a 27-year-old man who was operated using the transmastoid infralabyrinthine approach to drain a cholesterol granuloma cyst.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Audiometry
  • Bone Conduction
  • Cholesterol*
  • Drainage
  • Facial Paralysis / etiology*
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / complications*
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / pathology
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / surgery
  • Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Petrous Bone* / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Cholesterol