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Unusual Eustachian Tube Mass: Glomus Tympanicum

Cheemun Luma, Anne M. KellerGo,a, Edward Kassela, Ralph Blenda, John Waldrona and John Rutkaa

a From the Departments of Medical Imaging (C.L., A.M.K., E.K., R.B.), Radiation Oncology (J.W.), and Otolaryngologic Surgery (J.R.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.



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  		FIG 1. CT shows enhancing mass in the eustachian tube (arrow).FIG 2.

A, T1-weighted contrast-enhanced spin-echo image (500/8 [TR/TE]) shows that the mass extends into the eustachian tube (arrow).

B, Coronal T1-weighted contrast-enhanced (arrow) spin-echo image (400/8) shows the mass extending superiorly up the eustachian tube.





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