Ceruminous adenoma mimicking furunculosis in the external auditory canal.
Tumors arising from the ceruminous glands are very rare. Herein, we report a case of ceruminous adenoma mimicking furunculosis in the external auditory canal (EAC), along with a discussion of the various pathological types and a review of their management.
Elsürer
Cağdas
C
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, 06100, Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey. cagdaselsurer@yahoo.com
Senkal
Hilmi Alper
HA
Baydar
Dilek Ertoy
DE
Sennaroğlu
Levent
L
D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D001050:Apocrine Glands / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001706:Biopsy; D002571:Cerumen / Q000378:metabolism*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004431:Ear, External / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005667:Furunculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed