Xanthogranuloma of the external auditory canal-an atypical anatomical manifestation

James T Connell; Thu Nguyen; Andrew S Carney; Sheldon Chong

doi:10.1093/jscr/rjaa536

Xanthogranuloma of the external auditory canal-an atypical anatomical manifestation

J Surg Case Rep. 2021 Mar 31;2021(3):rjaa536. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjaa536. eCollection 2021 Mar.

Authors

James T Connell¹, Thu Nguyen², Andrew S Carney³, Sheldon Chong¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Modbury Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
² Adelaide Medical School, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia.
³ College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Abstract

Juvenile xanthogranuloma is a proliferative cutaneous manifestation encountered in the paediatric population. Adult cases are uncommon, but have been reported. Lesions are prevalent in the head and neck region, but rarely observed in the external auditory canal. We present the case of a 39-year-old female with a rapidly progressing obstructive soft tissue lesion of the external auditory canal. Surgical excision diagnosed the lesion as a rarely observed otological manifestation of juvenile xanthogranuloma. Surgical excision was curative with no locoregional recurrence. Otolaryngologists should consider juvenile xanthogranuloma as a differential for atypical soft tissue cutaneous lesions of the head and neck, including in divergent populations.

Publication types

Case Reports