A Recurrent Misdiagnosed and Maltreated Case of Keratosis Obturans

Keratosis obturans is an obscure entity characterized by accumulation of desquamated keratinous material in the bony portion of the external auditory canal. Patients with this condition typically present with severe otalgia, conductive hearing loss, and global widening of the external auditory canal...

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Autores principales: Alarouj, Hamoud, AlObaid, Faisal, AlBader, Abdulmohsen K., Ebrahim, Mahmoud A. K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6432694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30984436
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9095747
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author Alarouj, Hamoud
AlObaid, Faisal
AlBader, Abdulmohsen K.
Ebrahim, Mahmoud A. K.
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description Keratosis obturans is an obscure entity characterized by accumulation of desquamated keratinous material in the bony portion of the external auditory canal. Patients with this condition typically present with severe otalgia, conductive hearing loss, and global widening of the external auditory canal. We present a case of keratosis obturans that was misdiagnosed as impacted wax. The case was diagnosed and managed by microscope-guided examination with the patient under general anesthesia.
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spelling pubmed-64326942019-04-14 A Recurrent Misdiagnosed and Maltreated Case of Keratosis Obturans Alarouj, Hamoud AlObaid, Faisal AlBader, Abdulmohsen K. Ebrahim, Mahmoud A. K. Case Rep Otolaryngol Case Report Keratosis obturans is an obscure entity characterized by accumulation of desquamated keratinous material in the bony portion of the external auditory canal. Patients with this condition typically present with severe otalgia, conductive hearing loss, and global widening of the external auditory canal. We present a case of keratosis obturans that was misdiagnosed as impacted wax. The case was diagnosed and managed by microscope-guided examination with the patient under general anesthesia. Hindawi 2019-03-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6432694/ /pubmed/30984436 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9095747 Text en Copyright © 2019 Hamoud Alarouj et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6432694/
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