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Exostosis of External Ear Canal
Aka: Exostosis of External Ear Canal, Ear Canal Exostoses, Auditory Canal Exostosis, Surfer's Ear
- See Also
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Ear Tumor
- Pathophysiology
- Benign bony growth of ear canal
- Composed of dense compact bone
- Epidemiology
- Associated with cold water swimming
- Most common tumor of auditory canal
- Symptoms
- Conductive Hearing Loss (typically painless)
- Signs
- Bilateral, multiple bony growths within the external auditory canal
- Adjacent to Tympanic Membrane
- Differential Diagnosis
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Ear Tumor
- Management
- Excision if Hearing Loss or Otalgia
- Excision Indications
- Obstructive symptoms (e.g. Conductive Hearing Loss)
- Secondary infection
- References
- Michels (2019) Am Fam Physician 100(2): 98-108 [PubMed]