case_images: PMC4579305_01
case_images: Preoperatory (a) and postmyringoplasty (b) otomicroscopic images.
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case_images: fig1
case_images: Physical examination revealed a whitish, round-shaped malformation located in the posterior-inferior quadrant of the right tympanic membrane (Figure 1).
case_images: A 0.5 cm yellowish nodule (a). Histological macroview (HE 1.5x) (b). Multiloculated cystic formation lined by a monostratified nonmucin productor cuboidal epithelium (400x HE and 630x HE) (c) and (d). Immunohistochemical analysis shows cytokeratin-positive cells (AE1 and AE3) (e) and negativity for S100 protein, neural specific enolase, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and synaptophysin (400x) (f).
case_images: CRIOT2015-187187.002.jpg
case_images: PMC4579305_01_CRIOT2015-187187.002.jpg
case_images: fig2
case_images: No cholesteatomatous component was observed and well defined margins were distinguished (Figure 2).