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  • Title: A histopathological connection between a fatal endolymphatic sac tumour and von Hippel-Lindau disease from 1960.
    Author: Bellairs JA, Gluth MB.
    Journal: J Laryngol Otol; 2018 Jan; 132(1):75-78. PubMed ID: 28874214.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To highlight a case from 1960 connecting endolymphatic sac tumour and von Hippel-Lindau disease. CASE REPORT: In 1960, a 24-year-old woman presented with unilateral hearing loss, pulsatile tinnitus and a mass visible on otoscopy. The patient underwent surgical biopsy, which was complicated by haemorrhage, and ultimately resulted in death. At autopsy, a destructive temporal bone neoplasm with cystic and papillary architecture was observed that had eroded into the otic capsule. Intra-abdominal lesions consistent with von Hippel-Lindau disease were also observed, and the surgeon postulated a connection between endolymphatic sac tumour and von Hippel-Lindau disease. METHOD: A review of the literature was carried out using PubMed. CONCLUSION: Endolymphatic sac tumours are rare neoplasms of the temporal bone that can occur sporadically or as part of von Hippel-Lindau disease. The connection between endolymphatic sac tumour and von Hippel-Lindau disease was first proposed in 1988 and formalised in 1997. We believe that this case represents the first documented connection between endolymphatic sac tumour and von Hippel-Lindau disease.
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