Schwannoma of the external auditory canal: a case report

BACKGROUND: Schwannomas are uncommon benign tumors of the external auditory canal. The clinical features, the differential diagnosis, and the surgical treatment of these lesions are discussed. CASE PRESENTATION: A 51-year-old patient presented with a mass obliterating the external auditory meatus. E...

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Autores principales: Topal, Ozgul, Erbek, Selim S, Erbek, Seyra
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1797166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17224070
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-160X-3-6
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description BACKGROUND: Schwannomas are uncommon benign tumors of the external auditory canal. The clinical features, the differential diagnosis, and the surgical treatment of these lesions are discussed. CASE PRESENTATION: A 51-year-old patient presented with a mass obliterating the external auditory meatus. Excisional biopsy was performed. Diagnosis was reported to be schwannoma by histopathologic examination. CONCLUSION: Schwannoma, rarely seen in the external auditory canal, can be managed by a precise excision of the tumor via transmeatal approach.
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spelling pubmed-17971662007-02-14 Schwannoma of the external auditory canal: a case report Topal, Ozgul Erbek, Selim S Erbek, Seyra Head Face Med Case Report BACKGROUND: Schwannomas are uncommon benign tumors of the external auditory canal. The clinical features, the differential diagnosis, and the surgical treatment of these lesions are discussed. CASE PRESENTATION: A 51-year-old patient presented with a mass obliterating the external auditory meatus. Excisional biopsy was performed. Diagnosis was reported to be schwannoma by histopathologic examination. CONCLUSION: Schwannoma, rarely seen in the external auditory canal, can be managed by a precise excision of the tumor via transmeatal approach. BioMed Central 2007-01-15 /pmc/articles/PMC1797166/ /pubmed/17224070 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-160X-3-6 Text en Copyright © 2007 Topal et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Schwannoma of the external auditory canal: a case report
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title_full_unstemmed Schwannoma of the external auditory canal: a case report
title_short Schwannoma of the external auditory canal: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1797166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17224070
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-160X-3-6
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