title: [Bilateral squamous carcinoma of the external auditory canal--a case report].
abstract: Squamous cell carcinoma of the external auditory canal is a very rare and unusual malignancy, representing less than 0.2% of all head and neck cancers. The authors present a case of 78-year-old patient with bilateral squamous cell carcinoma of the external auditory canal-cT4N0M0 G2, pT4N2bM0, initially treated as a chronic otitis external. The patient was qualifies for the one-step removal of cancer of the earlobe and the external auditory canal. Because of complications during the operation, the plan of treatment was changed. The patient is under oncological control for 13 months.
authors: Medical University of Wrocław, Poland: Chair and Department of Otolaryngology.
authors: Karolina
authors: K
authors: Dorobisz
authors: Medical University of Wrocław, Poland: Chair and Department of Otolaryngology.
authors: Marzena
authors: M
authors: Kubacka
authors: Medical University of Wrocław, Poland: Chair and Department of Otolaryngology.
authors: Krzysztof
authors: K
authors: Zub
authors: Medical University of Wrocław, Poland: Department of Clinical Basics of Physiotherapy;
authors: Tadeusz
authors: T
authors: Dorobisz
authors: Medical University of Wrocław, Poland: University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Wrocław.
authors: Marzena
authors: M
authors: Janczak
authors: Medical University of Wrocław, Poland: Chair and Department of Otolaryngology.
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Roszkowska
authors: Medical University of Wrocław, Poland: Chair and Department of Otolaryngology.
authors: Tomasz
authors: T
authors: Zatoński
authors: Medical University of Wrocław, Poland: Chair and Department of Otolaryngology.
authors: Tomasz
authors: T
authors: Kręcicki
authors: Medical University of Wrocław, Poland: Chair and Department of Otolaryngology.
authors: Marcin
authors: M
authors: Frączek
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004424:Ear Canal / Q000473:pathology*; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000175:diagnosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: external auditory canal; squamous cell carcinoma