SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL: A CASE REPORT

Abstract

Binu Babu1, Mithra Sara John2

ABSTRACT: Temporal bone malignancy is a rare entity accounting for 1-6 per 1,000,000. Vast majority of these (20-60%) arise from auricle, more than 25% arise from external auditory canal. Squamous cell carcinoma accounts for 69.2% of malignancies of temporal bone.1-3 A 67 year old lady presented in our OPD with a mass completely occluding the right EAC. She underwent sleeve resection of EAC and histopathological examination revealed well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma.
 

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