Disclosures and Conflict of Interest: There are no financial
disclosures to report. There are no conflicts of interest.
Funding: None
Keywords: Glomus, Tympanicum, Cholesteatoma, Hearing loss
Key Clinical Message A glomus tympanicum with chronic infectious otorrhea should have a
lower threshold for surgical exploration as an occult cholesteatoma may
be present in a location difficult to diagnose without performing a
mastoidectomy.