External auditory canal cholesteatoma: a rare complication of tympanoplasty.
The author describes a rare case of external auditory canal cholesteatoma. This particular case occurred in a 20-year-old woman who had undergone a tympanoplasty 1 year earlier. Previous tympanoplasty is one of several known predisposing factors for external auditory canal cholesteatoma. The mass was excised, and it was diagnosed on histopathology. The patient recovered uneventfully.
Viswanatha
Borlingegowda
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Department of ENT, Victoria Hospital and Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore, India. drbviswanatha@yahoo.co.in
D018424:Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004424:Ear Canal / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014433:Tympanoplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*; D055815:Young Adult