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Article: Chondroma in the bony external ear canal. (Otoscopic Clinic).(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
- Article date:
- October 1, 2002
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The otoscopic photograph shows a chondroma in the left bony external ear canal. The white mass at the medial portion of the anterior wall of the left bony external ear canal was found incidentally in a 37-year-old woman during a routine examination. The woman had not complained of any ear symptoms. Under local anesthesia, the tumor was carefully excised with the aid of otomicroscopic magnification. Histopathologic examination of the excised tumor identified a chondroma that was made up of mature hyaline cartilage.
To the author's knowledge, only 14 cases of chondroma of the bony external ear canal have been documented in the literature. (1) All but one of these ...