title: [Congenital auricular fistula imitating otogenic complication].
abstract: A 25-year-old man was brought in after a preliminary diagnosis of chronic, exacerbated right otitis media. Following our physical examination a granulated, purulen ear pit was found out behind the right auricle. At the base of the helix a non-purulent external opening of the ear pit was found out. The operation showed that we had to do with preauricular fistula embracing the auricle from above and ending with a purulent cyst above the upper back wall of the external auditory meatus. The ear pit and cyst were extirpated as a whole. A 1,5-year observation period has not shown any recurrence of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Otolaryngologii Katedry Chorób Ucha, Nosa, Gardła i Krtani AM w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kruk-Zagajewska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jedras
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004431:Ear, External / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005402:Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology