Table 1.
Reported osteomas of the middle ear since 2014.
| Author/year | Gender | Age | Side | Initial symptoms | Origin | Treatment | consequences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chang/2014 | F | 14 | R | Aural fullnes and CHL | Promontory | Surgical removing + oosiculoplasty | Persistent CHL |
| Toro/2014 | F | 33 | L | CHL | promontory | Exploration but removal declined | Persistent CHL |
| Curtis/2014 | F | 49 | R | CHL + facial palsy + tinnitus | floor of middle ear | Surgical removing + ossiculoplasty | Facial palsy partially improved |
| Abouzayd/2015 | F | 56 | L | CHL | Posterior epitympanum | Surgical removing + oosiculoplasty | Reduced ABG |
| Molher/2018 | M | 23 | R | MHL | Fallopian canal | Watchful wait | Persistent hearing loss |
| Hamid/2018 | M | 7 | L | CHL | Promontory | Watchful wait | Persistent CHL |
| Gülşen/2019 | M | 21 | R | CHL + tinnitus | Promontory | Endoscopic surgery | Full recovery |
| This study/2019 | F | 25 | L | CHL and aural fullnes EOM |
Promontory | Surgical removing + ossiculoplasty | Reduced ABG |
M = male, F = female, R = right, L = left, CHL = conductive hearing loss, SSHL = sensroineural hearing loss, MHL = mixt hearing loss, ABG = air-bone gap, EOM = otitis media with effusion, (9.1%) showed mixed-type hearing loss, and four (9.1%) cases reported tinnitus. Some cases reported other symptoms, such as vestibular dysfunction, facial palsy, and aural fullness (Table 2) (Hornigold et al., 2003; McDonald and Vrabec, 1997; Ito et al., 1990).