The American journal of otology
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Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Intraoperative corticosteroids in acoustic tumor surgery.
Corticosteroids are frequently used for the prevention and treatment of neural edema. Although perioperative steroid therapy has been used in patients undergoing acoustic neuroma removal, the efficacy of such therapy has not been previously documented. ⋯ This retrospective study showed no apparent benefit from intraoperative steroid use in acoustic neuroma surgery. A prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled trial should be performed to confirm these findings.
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Case Reports
Protuberant fibro-osseous lesions of the temporal bone: a unique clinicopathologic diagnosis.
The objective of the study was to describe the clinical presentation and treatment of exophytic fibro-osseous temporal bone lesions, a clinical entity never previously reported, and to consider the differential diagnosis. ⋯ Although fibro-osseous lesions of the temporal bone have been previously reported, there have been no reported cases of an exophytic variant.