松澤 真吾, 長谷川 雅世, 原 真理子, 新鍋 晶浩, 金沢 弘美, 吉田 尚弘, 飯野 ゆき子
耳鼻咽喉科臨床 105(12) 1149-1153 2012年
Osteoradionecrosis of the temporal bone can occur after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer and brain tumors, such as parotid cancer and upper pharyngeal cancer. It sometimes causes external auditory canal cholesteatoma. We report herein on a 17-year-old female who received chemoradiation therapy for a brain tumor at the age of 10 years. Several years later, ear wax and debris began to accumulate in both external auditory canals. She also lost hearing in both ears. A CT scan showed extensive lytic change of both temporal bones. The semicircular canals of the right ear were also eroded. Pure tone audiometry showed moderate mixed hearing loss of the right ear and moderate conductive hearing loss of the left ear. We diagnosed an external auditory canal cholesteatoma caused by osteoradionecrosis extending to the middle ear. Although there has been no progression of her temporal bone lysis on imaging, the bone conduction hearing level of both ears had gradually deteriorated. She was treated conservatively by cleaning out the crust and debris, and systemic administration of a corticosteroid when the bone conduction hearing level worsened. Careful follow-up over a long time is needed to prevent serious complications.