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- Title
Bilateral external ear canal osteomas - discussion on a clinical case.
- Authors
Gheorghe, D. C.; Stanciu, A. E.; Ulici, A.; Zamfir-Chiru-Anton, A.
- Abstract
Osteomas of the external ear are uncommon benign tumors that need to be differentiated from the external ear canal exostoses, bony proliferations that are linked mainly to cold-water exposure. Clinical manifestations vary from no symptoms to recurrent local infections and external ear cholesteatoma. Objective: presenting a rare case that we did not find described in the published literature. A patient with multiple long-term asymptomatic osteomas of both external ear canals presented to our department. Material: Data recorded from the patient's medical record was reviewed and analyzed. Surgery was performed and histology confirmed the presumptive diagnosis. Results: There was a discrepancy between the local severity of the disease, with a complete obstruction of his ear canals, and the long-term disease-free status of the patient. Conclusion: We hypothesized about the etiology of these multiple bilateral osteomas of the EAC, in light of the clinical and surgical findings.
- Subjects
CHOLESTEATOMA; EXOSTOSIS; EAR canal; DIAGNOSIS of ear diseases; COMPUTED tomography; BONE metastasis
- Publication
Journal of Medicine & Life, 2016, Vol 9, Issue 4, p434
- ISSN
1844-122X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22336/jml.2016.0420