聴器癌腫の2症例

　Ⅰ．まえがき

　聴器に原発する癌腫は比較的稀で，特に中耳に原発する癌は極めて稀であるといわれておる。本邦では百余例の報告をみるに過ぎないが我々は最近中耳に原発した聴器癌腫の2症例を経験したのでここに報告し御批判を得たい。

A woman. aged 51, and a man, aged 61 com-plained of vertigo, headache and aural disch-arge similarly. Repeated histopathological examinations in these cases revealed epitheli-oma that originated from the middle ear cav-ity. Treatments consisted of surgical interve-ntion for removal of the malignancy which was followod by irradiation therapy. Both cases died from general debility and further enlargement of the malignant growth.