[Bilateral squamous carcinoma of the external auditory canal--a case report]

Pol Merkur Lekarski. 2015 Aug;39(230):106-8.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

Squamous cell carcinoma of the external auditory canal is a very rare and unusual malignancy, representing less than 0.2% of all head and neck cancers. The authors present a case of 78-year-old patient with bilateral squamous cell carcinoma of the external auditory canal-cT4N0M0 G2, pT4N2bM0, initially treated as a chronic otitis external. The patient was qualifies for the one-step removal of cancer of the earlobe and the external auditory canal. Because of complications during the operation, the plan of treatment was changed. The patient is under oncological control for 13 months.

Keywords: external auditory canal; squamous cell carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Ear Canal / pathology*
  • Ear Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Ear Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Ear Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / diagnosis
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / surgery*
  • Otitis Externa / diagnosis
  • Treatment Outcome