An 80-year-old woman was referred to the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary by her primary care physician for evaluation of a red mass behind her right tympanic membrane. The patient gave a history of a long-standing, stable, right-sided hearing loss and denied all other aural symptoms, including tinnitus, vertigo, otorrhea, and otalgia. Her past otolaryngologic history was significant for a transcanal excision of a hemangioma originating in the right epitympanum in 1953.
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