Nonchromaffin Paraganglioma of Middle Ear and Abdomen

Abstract
Report of a case in a 20-yr. old man. Clinical symptoms began with unilateral impairment of hearing in 1935. Complete deafness followed an injury to the affected ear in 1947, but acute symptoms appeared only 7 mos. before the patient''s death in June, 1950. Attempt at surgical removal of the middle ear tumor was unsuccessful. The abdominal tumor, clinically silent, was found at necropsy.