What is your diagnosis? Squamous cell carcinoma
Aldrich, I.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 92(9-12): 106
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 PMID: 14619142 Document Number: 17290
In this case the patient had a Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the internal acoustic canal, which could be primary or metastatic. This is a rare case and the pathology was confirmed by the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology A. F. I. P. Neuromas are the most common tumors found in the internal auditory canal. They are ussually called acoustic neurinomas. They are slow growing tumors, and they are associated with ear symptoms like hearing loss, tinitus, ear fullness, dizzyness and facial palsy. Meningiomas and Cholesteatomas are less frequent. Squamous cell carcinoma of the internal auditory canal is a rare entity and metastatic disease should be suspected.
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