Open AccessOSTEOMA OF EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL: CASE REPORT
Author(s) -
Anshu Sood
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
up state journal of otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2321-3450
DOI - 10.36611/upjohns/volume9/issue2/10
Subject(s) - osteoma , temporal bone , auditory canal , medicine , asymptomatic , histopathological examination , head and neck , anatomy , head trauma , radiology , surgery , pathology
An osteoma of the external auditory canal is anuncommon benign tumor with an incidenceestimated to be 0.05% of total otologic surgery. Inhead and neck, they most often arise in the frontoethmoidal region and rarely temporal bone.Osteomas usually asymptomatic and discoveredincidentally. A 35 male presented with swelling inright posterior superior part of EAC, without anyhistory of ear picking , swimming or trauma. CTtemporal bone revealed a solitary osteoma, withwas excised surgically. Histopathologicalexamination confirmed Osteoma.