Objective: This study aimed to sensitize the practitioner to the unusual presentation of basal cell carcinoma in a recurrent cholesteatoma mass.
Study design: The study design was a case report format.
Setting: The study was conducted at a tertiary referral hospital.
Patient: The patient studied was a contralaterally anacusic veteran.
Intervention: Interventions were excision of cholesteatoma and withholding of adjunctive radiation.
Conclusion: Primary basal cell carcinoma may present in a revision cholesteatoma field.