A Rare Case of En Plaque Meningioma Causing an Effusive Chronic Otitis Media

Case Report

Austin Head Neck Oncol. 2018; 2(1): 1005.

A Rare Case of En Plaque Meningioma Causing an Effusive Chronic Otitis Media

Amadei EM* and Cola C

Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Audiology, Infermi Hospital, Rimini, Italy

*Corresponding author: Enrico Maria Amadei, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Audiology, Infermi Hospital, Rimini, Italy

Received: August 31, 2018; Accepted: September 11, 2018; Published: September 18, 2018

Abstract

In daily practice, every otolaryngologist sees dozens of cases of chronic secretive otitis media. Suspicion must arise when the otitis occurs unilaterally. A rhinopharyngeal pathology will therefore be excluded. An en plaque meningioma can cause an unilateral serous otitis. This diagnosis is exceptional, but it is possible and rarely reported in Literature.

Keywords: En plaque meningioma; chronic monolateral otitis media

Case Description

In this case we have a 64-year-old woman complaining of a right hearing loss for many years. At otomicroscopy we found a right effusive otitis media (Figure 1). With tonal audiometry we found a severe mixed right hearing loss and a left-handed normoacusia (Figure 2). The right tympanogram was flat (type B).