title: A large schwannoma of external auditory canal: an unusual case.
abstract: A 49-year-old female patient presented with mass occluding her external auditory meatus. Surgical exploration revealed that the mass eroded the bony canal wall and biopsy reported the mass as a schwannoma. Schwannoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a soft tissue swelling arising from the external auditory canal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute Pillaiyarkuppam, 607402 Pondicherry, India. saty.bakshi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Satvinder Singh
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bakshi
authors.forename: Kiruba
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.forename: Pradipta Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Parida
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004424:Ear Canal; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013506:Otologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed