DERMATOLOGICAL DISEASES OF THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY-CANAL

Authors
SHEA CR
Citation
Cr. Shea, DERMATOLOGICAL DISEASES OF THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY-CANAL, Otolaryngologic clinics of North America, 29(5), 1996, pp. 783
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
Otolaryngologic clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00306665
Volume
29
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-6665(1996)29:5<783:DDOTEA>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The external auditory canal is the only cul-de-sac lined with skin in the human body. Accordingly, most diseases of the external auditory ca nal, including infections and tumors, could rightly be considered derm atologic. This article, however, discusses only the involvement of the canal by primary dermatologic conditions that typically have a more g eneral distribution as well as local dermatologic reactions to environ mental insults.