Hemangioma of the Middle Ear

Abstract

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.