title: Anterior external bony ear canal bulge.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the prevalence of anterior external bony ear canal bulge.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hundred patients each of the sexes among three races in Malaysia were studied with an otoscope and microscope.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Anterior external ear canal wall bulge is seen in 34% of the Malays, 32% of the Chinese and 29.5% of the Indians
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In about one third of the population in Malaysia an anterior canal wall bulge is seen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine (UMMC), University Malaya, Kualalumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Raman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rajagopalan
keywords: Bulge; External bony ear canal