Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma in The External Auditory Canal: A Case Report

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma in the external auditory canal is extremely rare. Strategies used for treatment of mucoepidermoid carcinoma remain controversial. We present a case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the external auditory canal. The patient underwent lateral temporal bone resection and the surgi...

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Autores principales: Chung, Jae Ho, Lee, Seung Hwan, Park, Chul Won, Tae, Kyung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Cancer Association 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3546276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23341793
http://dx.doi.org/10.4143/crt.2012.44.4.275
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Lee, Seung Hwan
Park, Chul Won
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description Mucoepidermoid carcinoma in the external auditory canal is extremely rare. Strategies used for treatment of mucoepidermoid carcinoma remain controversial. We present a case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the external auditory canal. The patient underwent lateral temporal bone resection and the surgical defect was obliterated with temporal muscle. He is currently disease-free, four years after surgery. Proper diagnostic measures and strategy for treatment of mucoepidermoid carcinoma are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-35462762013-01-22 Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma in The External Auditory Canal: A Case Report Chung, Jae Ho Lee, Seung Hwan Park, Chul Won Tae, Kyung Cancer Res Treat Case Report Mucoepidermoid carcinoma in the external auditory canal is extremely rare. Strategies used for treatment of mucoepidermoid carcinoma remain controversial. We present a case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the external auditory canal. The patient underwent lateral temporal bone resection and the surgical defect was obliterated with temporal muscle. He is currently disease-free, four years after surgery. Proper diagnostic measures and strategy for treatment of mucoepidermoid carcinoma are discussed. Korean Cancer Association 2012-12 2012-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3546276/ /pubmed/23341793 http://dx.doi.org/10.4143/crt.2012.44.4.275 Text en Copyright © 2012 by the Korean Cancer Association http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma in The External Auditory Canal: A Case Report
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title_fullStr Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma in The External Auditory Canal: A Case Report
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title_short Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma in The External Auditory Canal: A Case Report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3546276/
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