JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery

Recurrent and Recalcitrant Salivary Gland Swelling in a Woman

A 32-year-old woman presented with a 1-year history of facial swelling and pruritus; histologic examination revealed periductal inflammatory infiltrate with eosinophils. What is your diagnosis?

Exophytic Laryngeal Mass

A 29-year-old woman presented with postnasal drip, pharyngitis, odynophagia, cervicalgia, cervical lymphadenopathy, and right-sided otalgia that had persisted for more than a week; what is your diagnosis?

Progressive Hoarseness and Laryngeal Obstruction in an Elderly Man

An otherwise healthy man in his 60s with no prior history of smoking, head and neck surgeries, or radiation exposure presented with a 1-year medical history of progressively worsening hoarseness and dyspnea. What is your diagnosis?

Parotid Mass in an 81-Year-Old Woman

An 81-year-old woman presented with a 3-month history of a slow-growing mass in her left cheek and denied having any symptoms, tenderness, numbness, or facial nerve weakness. What is your diagnosis?

Extensive Intratemporal Tumor An Unusual Diagnosis

A 21-year-old man presented with left-sided facial paralysis and sensorineural hearing loss; physical examination was otherwise normal. What is your diagnosis?

Patient With Hearing Loss and a Middle Ear Mass

A 65-year-old patient with a history of myocardial infarction, sleep apnea, Meniere disease, and congenital cataract presents with left-sided hearing loss during the past 6 months without evident cause. What is your diagnosis?