[Bilateral primary carcinoma of the external auditory meatus]

Nihon Jibiinkoka Gakkai Kaiho. 2001 May;104(5):514-7. doi: 10.3950/jibiinkoka.104.514.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report an extremely rare case of bilateral primary carcinoma of the external auditory meatus. A 50-year-old man suffered 1 month from left-ear discharge and otalgia. Examination revealed a tumor of the left ear canal and a biopsy showed well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. The patient underwent 60 Gy radiotherapy and left subtotal temporal bone resection. A tumor with irregular swelling of the right external canal was found 8 months after the first diagnosis. Biopsy of the right external canal confirmed the same squamous cell carcinoma. Genetic examination that the carcinoma of the right ear was probably not a metastatic from the carcinoma of the left ear.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / genetics
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology*
  • Ear Canal*
  • Ear Neoplasms / genetics
  • Ear Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged