Rationale:Jugular bulb anomalies are asymptomatic lesions commonly seen in routine practice. However, some patients with jugular bulb anomalies may present with symptoms such as tinnitus or conductive hearing loss (CHL).Patient concerns:A 9 year old boy complained right sided hearing disturbance without any vestibular symptoms. Pure tone audiometry (PTA) revealed a mild right sided conductive hearing loss. Otoscopy showed a red-purplish mass like lesion in his right middle ear cavity, which was regarded as hypervascular tumor.Diagnosis:Based on otoscopic findings, preliminary differential diagnoses included jugular bulb anomaly, hemotympanum, cholesterol granuloma and paraganglioma.Interventions:We performed contrast enhanced computed tomography of the temporal bone (TBCT).Outcomes:CT scan showed and enhancing lesion which was bulging from his right jugular foramen to the middle ear with dehiscent jugular bulb. The lesion showed the same degree of contrast enhancement with the venous vasculature. This lesion contacted with the tympanic membrane, incudostapedial joint and round window, which might be attributable to interruption of sound transmission mechanics. Otherwise there was no evidence of mass or trauma related lesions in the temporal bone.Lessons:Although most of jugular bulb anomalies are asymptomatic, patients may present with conductive hearing loss due to the interference of sound transmission mechanics.
The reason for the predilection of the jugular foramen schwannoma for the glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves may be associated with the presence of their ganglions within the jugular foramen. Also, the inferior petrosal sinus may act as a barrier to tumor growth, and the location of the ganglion of tumor origination within the jugular foramen in relation to the inferior petrosal sinus may be correlated to the predominant direction of tumor extension.
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