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Exostosis of the external auditory canal: an interesting histopathological finding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. Pace-Baizan  and
M. Hawke
A. Pace-Baizan*
Affiliation:
The Ear Pathology Research Laboratory, Departments of Otolaryngology and Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
M. Hawke
Affiliation:
The Ear Pathology Research Laboratory, Departments of Otolaryngology and Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
*
39 Beech Road, Stockport, Cheshire SK3 8HD.
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Abstract

Perforation of the tympanic membrane is a frequent complication of surgery for exostoses of the external auditory canal We report an unusual histopathological finding in a temporal bone containing external canal exostoses which suggests that some of these perforations may be unavoidable.

Keywords

OsteomaExostosesEar canal
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 105 , Issue 10 , October 1991 , pp. 844 - 846
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1991

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Research Fellow

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Director

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