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ReviewHead and neck pathology2018

Ear and Temporal Bone Pathology: Neural, Sclerosing and Myofibroblastic Lesions.

A N Flaman, J K Wasserman, D H Gravel, B M Purgina

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Review in Head and neck pathology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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A N FlamanDivision of Anatomical Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
J K WassermanDivision of Anatomical Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
D H GravelDivision of Anatomical Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
B M PurginaDivision of Anatomical Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada. bpurgina@ottawahospital.on.ca.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neural, sclerosing, and myofibroblastic lesions of the ear and temporal bone present diagnostic challenges for both clinicians and pathologists due to significant overlap in their clinical presentations, histologic appearances, and immunohistochemical profiles. While some of these lesions, such as schwannomas, are relatively common, others are rendered even more difficult because they are encountered very rarely in routine surgical pathology practice. This review is intended to provide an update on the pathology of some of the most commonly encountered primary diagnostic entities for the ear and temporal bone, and includes the following neural lesions: schwannoma, meningioma, and encephalocele/meningocele. Sclerosing lesions that will be discussed include spindle cell and sclerosing rhabdomyosarcoma, sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma, and sclerosing paraganglioma. Finally, myofibroblastic lesions that will be reviewed are nodular fasciitis, IgG4-related disease, and solitary fibrous tumor. For each of these lesions, the differential diagnosis and useful ancillary tests will be discussed in the context of a broad range of additional primary and secondary lesions.

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Bone DiseasesEar DiseasesHumansTemporal BoneEarEncephaloceleFibrosarcomaMeningiomaNeurilemmomaParagangliomaRhabdomyosarcomaSolitary fibrous tumorTemporal bone

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PMID30069839
PMCPMC6081283

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