[Retroauricular approach to complete obliteration of the external ear canal caused by osteoid osteoma].

Abstract

Osteoid osteoma of the temporal bone is an infrequent benign bone tumor. The suspected diagnosis is based on clinical findings (occasionally pain, cosmetic deformities, repeated external otitis and conductive hearing loss), otoscopy, the radionuclide bone scan, and computerized tomography. Histopathology confirms the diagnosis of osteoma. Pain responds to acetylsalicyclic acid. Treatment is surgical excision by curettage and eburnation of the bone margins using an endaurul approach. We report a complete obliteration of the outer ear canal by an osteoid osteoma in a 32-year-old patient. A postauricular approach was required because of the large size of the tumor.

• Authors: J Sancipriano Hernández, E Calvo Boizas, C Diego Pérez, A Rodríguez Gutiérrez, F Gómez Toranzo
• Journal: Acta otorrinolaringologica espanola (Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp) 1999 Jun-Jul Vol. 50 Issue 5 Pg. 398-401 ISSN: 0001-6519 [Print] Spain
• Vernacular Title: Abordaje retroauricular en la obliteración completa del conducto auditivo externo por un osteoma osteoide.
• PMID: 10491478 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Bone Neoplasms (diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Ear, External (surgery)
• Humans
• Male
• Osteoma, Osteoid (diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Temporal Bone (diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed