title: Fibrous dysplasia of the temporal bone presenting as an osteoma of the external auditory canal.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Chaim-Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ben-Shoshan
mesh_terms: 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