Fibrous dysplasia of the temporal bone presenting as an osteoma of the external auditory canal.
The involvement of the temporal bones by fibrous dysplasia is uncommon. This disease is usually manifested by a conductive hearing loss. We describe a case of fibrous dysplasia misdiagnosed as an osteoma in a young man. This case emphasizes the need to suspect fibrous dysplasia of the temporal bone as the cause of bony lesions in the external auditory canal in young patients.
Kessler
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Department of ENT, Chaim-Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
Wolf
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Ben-Shoshan
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D000293:Adolescent; D001299:Audiometry; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004424:Ear Canal; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005357:Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010016:Osteoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013701:Temporal Bone; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed