title: Myofibroma of the external auditory canal: report of an adult case.
abstract: Myofibroma of the external auditory canal: report of an adult case.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Myofibroma is a benign fibrous proliferative disease generally reported to occur in neonates and children. Similar lesions have been reported in adults, but solitary tumours affecting the external auditory canal are extremely rare. Only one such case has been reported in the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  The case of solitary myofibroma occurring in the external auditory canal of a 42-year-old woman is presented. The diagnosis of myofibromatosis was made on the basis of its histological appearance and corroborated by immunohistochemical staining.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinicians and pathologists must be aware that myofibromatosis may occur in adults at extremely rare locations. Myofibroma should be included in the differential diagnosis of fibrous lesions in the external auditory canal.
authors.affiliation: Department of ORL, Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Findikzade, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gozeler
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suoglu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Enoz
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Colhan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demiryont
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004424:Ear Canal; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D047708:Myofibroma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery