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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery > Volume 11(1); 1968 > Article
Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1968;11(1): 7-9.
A Case of Hand-Schüller-Christian Disease of the Mastoid
Sung Jun Kim, MD, Yeong Koo Yeo, MD, Kong Suck Koh, MD, and Jung Tak Lee, MD (Director : Prof. Hi Chun Choi, MD)
Department of Otolaryngology, Chonnam University Medical School, Korea
A Case of Hand-Schüller-Christian Disease of the Mastoid
金成田 · 呂榮九 · 高公錫 · 李廷柝 (指導 : 崔熙千 敎授)
全南大學校 醫科大學 耳鼻咽喉科學敎室
ABSTRACT

A 22 year-old man was admitted to Chonnam University Hospital with chief complints of hearing loss, mucoid aural discharge, preauricular pain of right ear and pain on both hips and knee joint as well as disturbance of gait. On physical examination large irregular punched-out defect on the frontal region of skull. Eyeball was slightly prominent. Posterior wall of right external auditory canal revealed marked tissue defect, on which was lined with pinkish granulomatous masses with scanty amount of mucoid secretion. Lower two third of right ear drum was also covered with above mentioned granulomatous mass but no perforation was identified. X-ray film revealed multiple punched-out defect on skull including right temporal bone. Histopathological finding of granulomatous mass taken from right external auditory canal disclosed infiltration of histiocytes with storage of lipids. Pure tone audiometry revealed complete hearing loss of right ear indicating dead labyrinth. Caloric test revealed no response on the right ear. The condition was considerably improved by administration of heavy doses of steorid.

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