Abstract Background External auditory canal (EAC) masses can arise secondary to a multitude of ear pathologies like congenital, inflammatory, infective, or malignancy. The most common causes external are due otitis media—squamous and mucosal types, tubercular media, malignant externa, benign tumors osteomas, exostosis, pleomorphic adenoma, from the ceruminous sebaceous glands; squamous cell car...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to identify factors predictive of outcome in patients undergoing temporal bone resection (TBR) for head and neck cancer. METHODS This was a retrospective study of 72 patients undergoing TBR. Factors associated with survival and recurrence were identified on multivariable regression. RESULTS Most tumors were epithelial (81%), commonly (69%) involving ...

INTRODUCTION Extramammary Paget's disease is a rare histological type of intraepithelial adenocarcinoma that mainly affects apocrine sweat gland-rich areas. Predilection sites include the anogenital region and, less commonly, the axillae. These tumors rarely occur in non-apocrine regions. The aim of this case report is to describe a case of extramammary Paget's disease in the external auditory ...

PURPOSE To investigate the length variation of the posterior auricular artery and propose a novel classification of the posterior auricular artery based on angiographical appearance. PATIENTS AND METHODS A series of 234 consecutive patients who had undergone conventional cerebral angiography was analyzed. The posterior auricular artery was examined on the lateral projection of the external ca...

OBJECTIVE We report an extremely rare case of ganglioneuroma involving the external auditory canal and middle ear. CASE REPORT Ganglioneuromas are rare benign mature tumors thought to originate from sympathetic ganglions, with the highest incidence in the retroperitoneum, adrenal medulla, and posterior mediastinum. We present a case of ganglioneuroma of the external auditory canal and middle ...