A Hamartoma Originating from Both the Eustachian Tube and the Nasopharynx

Gim, Hyungi; Bae, Woo Yong; Loh, Young Jin; Jung, Dong Won

doi:10.35420/jcohns.2018.29.1.91

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2018; 29(1):91-94

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.2018.29.1.91

증례

A Hamartoma Originating from Both the Eustachian Tube and the Nasopharynx

Hyungi Gim¹, Woo Yong Bae¹^,^*, Young Jin Loh¹, Dong Won Jung¹

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¹Department of Otorlaryngology-Head and Neck surgery, Dong-A university College of Medicine, Busan, Korea

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© Copyright 2018 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Jan 08, 2018; Revised: Apr 03, 2018; Accepted: May 21, 2018

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

A hamartoma is a malformation that overgrows normal tissues at the site of development. Hamartomas arise principally in the liver, spleen, lungs, and pancreas, and only rarely in the both the Eustachian tube and nasopharynx. Only two such latter cases have been previously reported in the English-language literature. We present a hamartoma that originated from both the Eustachian tube and nasopharynx of a 44-year-old female; we also review the literature. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 2018;29:91-94)

Keywords: Eustachian tube; Hamartoma; Nasopharynx