Abstract
When the patients visited to our clinic, his chief complaints were left hemicramia, hearing loss and tinnitus. Otoscopic examination revealed granuloma formation in left external auditory meatus. X-ray picture showed radiolucent lesion over the left temporomandibular joint. Open biopsy was performed under general anesthesia. The tissue showed histologically giant cell tumor. About one month after the biopsy, tumor was totally extirpated for therapeutic purpose. Radiation was not applied to the case.
Previous reports of giant cell tumor in temporal bone were analysed and reviewed in this paper. The tumor affects more incidentally to male than female. Average age of the patients with the temporal giant cell tumor is higher than those with the tumor in other sites. And up to present, the histological grading of the giant cell tumor is not available to determine the clinical prognosis. For the therapy of the lesion, total extirpation is considered to be the most effective treatment.
