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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.