PMC3420644_01
Axial CT of both temporal bones. The mastoid air cells on the right appear filled with a soft tissue density as well as the external auditory canal. The middle ear is filled with air.
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Attic was also filled with soft tissue density mass but no bone or ossicle destruction was evident on CT (Figure 1).
Image of the external auditory canal with epithelial lining and massive cell infiltration of the skin. Haematoxilin-eosine.
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Final histopathological report showed the tumour to be a granulocytic sarcoma (Figures 2 and 3).
Abundant cytoplasmatic granules, positive for myeloperoxidase. Myeloperoxidase technique.
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Final histopathological report showed the tumour to be a granulocytic sarcoma (Figures 2 and 3).