Bleeding mass in the ear: A rare etiology

Bassin Thomas John; Ann Mary Augustine; Anjali Lepcha; John Mathew; Vinu Moses

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10003-1212

Bleeding mass in the ear: A rare etiology

Bassin Thomas John^*, Ann Mary Augustine, Anjali Lepcha, John Mathew, Vinu Moses

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Abstract

We report a case of a 63 years old man who presented with a profusely bleeding mass in the left external auditory canal. He had been diagnosed to have left skull base osteomyelitis and had undergone surgery twice for the same. The mass was diagnosed radiologically to be a pseudoaneurysm arising from the left retroauricular artery. He subsequently underwent embolization of the retroauricular branch of the left external carotid artery following which the mass subsided and bleeding from the ear stopped.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	144-146
Number of pages	3
Journal	Otorhinolaryngology Clinics
Volume	7
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10003-1212
Publication status	Published - Dec 1 2015

Keywords

Ear canal mass
Ear mass
External ear
Malignant otitis externa
Pseudoaneurysm
Skull base osteomyelitis

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Otorhinolaryngology

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