• The Laryngoscope · Aug 2005

    Case Reports

    Angiofibrolipoma of the ear canal.

    • Abraham Jacob, Jeffrey Kneile, and D Bradley Welling.
    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University, 456 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, U.S.A. entsurgeon@mac.com
    • Laryngoscope. 2005 Aug 1; 115 (8): 1461-2.

    Objectives/HypothesisDescribed is the first reported case of an angiofibrolipoma of the ear canal in a patient who presented with right-sided conductive hearing loss and a medial canal stenosis.Study DesignCase report.Results/ConclusionThis variant of lipoma contains mature adipocytes, blood vessels, and dense collagenous tissue. The physical examination can be misleading, and the diagnosis requires histopathological examination. The patient was treated with complete surgical excision, tympanoplasty, canalplasty, and skin grafting to the external auditory canal. His pure-tone average improved from 37 to 11 dB, and his air-bone gap was closed completely. The lipoma has not recurred in the 6-month period following surgery.

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