A rare vascular tumor of the external auditory canal: the capillary hemangioma.
A 32-year-old woman presented to our department with a 10-month history of right-sided intermittant otorrhagia. There was no history of hearing loss or pulsatile tinnitus. Otomicroscopic examination revealed a reddish mass arising from the right antero-superior portion of bony canal wall, which measured about 1 cm in diameter. The tympanic membrane seemed to be uninvolved. A computed tomography scan of the temporal bone showed 0.6 x 0.8 cm diameter soft-tissue mass arising from the right external auditory canal, 0.5 cm away from tympanic membrane. The lesion was excised via a transcanal approach under local anesthesia. The histopathologic assessment indicated a capillary hemangioma. There was no recurrence four years after the surgery. Hemangioma of the external auditory canal is a rare otologic entity. It is commonly classified as capillary or cavernous hemangioma. According to the literature, this case represents the second patient with capillary hemangioma of the external auditory canal.
Department of Otolaryngology, Vakif Gureba Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. husamettinyasar@yahoo.com
Hüsamettin
H
Yaşar
Haluk
H
Ozkul
Adnan
A
Somay
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004424:Ear Canal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing; D018324:Hemangioma, Capillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed