Traumatic Neuroma in the External Auditory Canal.

Traumatic neuroma is the reparative proliferation of axons and Schwann cells at the proximal end of a severed nerve following injury or surgery. Traumatic neuromas with or without clinical symptoms have rarely been reported in the external auditory canal. A 50-year-old woman with a history of trauma visited our otorhinolaryngology clinic with a 7 × 5-mm mass localized on the anterior wall of the external auditory canal. The mass was easily removed via surgical excision and was histopathologically diagnosed as a neuroma. No signs of recurrence were observed after excision. Herein, the authors present this case, along with a review of the literature. Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of Mutaz B. Habal, MD.

Citation

Seung Ho Shin, Hye Min Kim, Eun Jin Son. Traumatic Neuroma in the External Auditory Canal. The Journal of craniofacial surgery. 2024 Jan 25

PMID: 38270440

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