Title of article :
Cholesterol Granuloma of External Auditory Canal: A Case Report
Author/Authors :
Mokhtarinejad, Farhad Hearing Disorders Research Center - Loghman Hakim Medical Center - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Majdinasab, Niloofar Hearing Disorders Research Center - Loghman Hakim Medical Center - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Hosseini Vajari, Ali Department of otolaryngoloy head and neck surgery - Masih Daneshvari hospital - Shahid Beheshti university of medical sciences - Faculty of medicine - Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Background: Cholesterol granuloma is a histological term used for the description of a tissue response to the presence of an irritant foreign body, i.e. a cholesterol crystal. we report a cholesterol granuloma occupying the EAC of a17 year old teenage girl.
Case Presentation: A 17 years old teenage girl presented with active otorrhea in the right ear. On physical examination the pink mass was visible in the right ear canal and the radiologist reported an expansile well-marginated lesion.
Conclusions: A cholesterol granuloma presenting as a mass. A CT scan, the following conditions were considered, and do not routinely require surgery
Keywords :
Cholesterol Granuloma , Auditory Canal
Journal title :
Otorhinolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery
