title: Osteoma of the external auditory canal.
abstract: A case of osteoma of the external auditory canal in a 19-year-old male patient was reported. The differentiation between osteoma and exostosis was discussed clinically, histopathologically and scanning electron microscopically.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004424:Ear Canal / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005096:Exostoses / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010016:Osteoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery