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Benign tumors of external ear
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Any type of external ear tumor can be localized on any of its "elements": the auricle, the external auditory canal, the tympanic membrane. They can be limited (solitary) and diffuse, superficial or deep, finally, benign and malignant.
Benign tumors of the outer ear - seborrheic and dermoid cysts (on the anti-pedicle and lobe), fibromas (true, fascicular, keploid), nevi (pigment or vascular), kondilloma (in the anterior ear incision between the percutaneous tubercle and leg of the curl), chondrophybras, often the wrestlers and boxers arising as a result of the fibrous organization of hematoma, chondroma, papilloma, neurinoma, hemangioma, osteoma (in the osseous part of the external auditory canal).
[Symptoms of benign external ear tumors
Tumors of the auricle develop without any spontaneous subjective and functional symptoms. The exception is a painful point, located on the upper edge of the curl, which is highly sensitive at the slightest touch.
Tumors of the external auditory canal, especially surrounding the lumen of it (exostoses, hemangiomas, papillomas, fibromas, etc.), or those that reach the eardrum, press it into the tympanum cavity, cause significant functional impairment in the form of ear noise and hearing loss by type sound. These tumors are often ulcerated and bleed (hemangiomas), can be malignant.
Fibromas usually occur in the external auditory canal in the form of a rounded dense knot, in some cases on a pedicle. This tumor belongs to connective tissue formations, including fibroblasts, fibroblasts and collagen fibers. When palpation painless; causes hearing impairment by conductive type.
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Treatment of benign external ear tumors
With small "dense" tumors that do not cause any subjective disorders and do not interfere with the self-cleaning of the external auditory canal from earwax, observation is shown. In all other cases, treatment is carried out aimed at eliminating the tumor (surgical, diathermocoagulation, laser, the introduction of coagulating agents in angiomas).