PRIMARY SYNOVIAL SARCOMA OF THE MIDDLE-EAR

Synovial sarcoma is a soft tissue malignancy which most commonly affec ts the lower limbs of young adults and rarely occurs in the head and n eck region. The term synovial sarcoma may be a misnomer as most of the se tumours occur in tissues not known to contain synovial tissue. Ther e has only been one previously reported case affecting the middle ear, which was metastatic, and we report the first case of primary synovia l sarcoma of the middle ear.