OSTEOMA WITH CHOLESTEATOMA IN THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY-CANAL

We report an unusual case of a 13-year-old girl with a benign osteoma associated with a cholesteatoma in the external auditory canal and ser ous otitis media. The osteoma was located in the antero-inferior wall of the right external auditory canal. A cholesteatoma was present betw een the osteoma and the tympanic membrane. Computed tomography reveale d a soft tissue density within the external auditory canal and in the middle ear cleft. The shadow in the middle ear cleft was considered to represent the serous otitis media. Surgical removal of the osteoma an d cholesteatoma proved successful, and no recurrences or complications have occurred in the first year postoperatively. (C) 1998 Elsevier Sc ience Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.