Sang hee An Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Nose, Neck Surgery, Oral cancer, Skull, Eye vision
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Working at Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon, Place of living is Republic of Korea. Subjects of Specialization are Nose, Neck Surgery, Oral cancer, Skull, Eye vision.
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Author(s): Min Kwan Baek , Na Rae Oh , Sang hee An, Min Ja Baek and Ju Hyoung Lee
Objectives: Compound nevus is a nevocytic nevus comprised of fully formed nests of nevus cells in epidermis and dermis and has malignant potential. The occurrence of this entity in the external auditory canal (EAC) is rare. The authors report a case of papillomatous nevus that almost completely obstructed an EAC and caused conductive hearing loss.
Methods: A case report.
Results: A 54-year-old female patient visited our hospital due to a progressive reduction of right-side hearing ability over the previous two years. During physical examination, a skin-colored papillomatous mass was observed to fully fill the right external auditory canal. Tissue examination revealed it a compound... view moreĀ»