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Small Hematoma of the Pinna After Drainage
The hematoma of the pinna has been drained and a button has been sutured to hold the perichondrium against the auricular cartilage until it has healed.
Frostbite Induced Ossification of the Auricular...
This soft tissue radiograph of the pinna of a patient who experienced severe frostbite many years previously revealed extensive calcification throughout the posterior superior portion of the auricular...
Cauliflower Ear
Severe or repeated trauma to the auricle may produce areas of subperichondrial separation, shearing and localized hemorrhage which result in devitalization of the underlying auricular cartilage. This...
Hairy Tragus
With age, coarse hairs may appear on the male tragus. This secondary characteristic is known as "hairy tragus".
Early Acute Otitis Media: Stage of Redness
The first change in the tympanic membrane is redness and swelling in the pars flaccida which is loaded with mast cells.
Polyethylene Reutter Bobbin
Ventilation tubes are made from a variety of different materials. In this right tympanic membrane a polyethylene Reutter style bobbin has been placed.
Keratosis Obturans Occluding External Canal
Keratosis obturans is a condition which is caused by a failure in the normal self cleansing mechanism of the external ear canal. In this condition keratin outer layer of the epidermal lining of the ear...
Herpes Zoster Pinna
This is day one of herpes zoster affecting the conchal bowl of the Pinna. Note the vesicles.
Chronic Otitis Externa Showing Large White Keratin...
Note the large unseparated white keratin sheets in the deep canal of this patient with chronic otitis externa.
Cerumenoma
This is a rare example of a cerumenous gland tumor [cerumenoma] arising from the external canal epithelium of the right ear. The tumor can be seen extending into the posterior middle ear behind the tympanic...
Bullous Myringitis Case 1
Bullous myringitis is an infection of the outer epithelial layer of the tympanic membrane and of the deep pony external auditory canal, in which small, fluid-filled blisters form on the eardrum and sometimes...
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the External Auditory...
This is a very rare case of a squamous cell carcinoma of the epithelium of the external auditory canal.