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A Recurrent Misdiagnosed and Maltreated Case of Keratosis Obturans

Published:2019-03-11 Issue: Volume:2019 Page:1-4
ISSN:2090-6765
Container-title:Case Reports in Otolaryngology
language:en
Short-container-title:Case Reports in Otolaryngology

Author:

Alarouj Hamoud¹,AlObaid Faisal²,AlBader Abdulmohsen K.³,Ebrahim Mahmoud A. K.³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Consultant Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Farwaniya Hospital, Ministry of Health, Farwaniya, Kuwait

2. Consultant Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery and Head of ENT Department, Farwaniya Hospital, Ministry of Health, Farwaniya, Kuwait

3. Farwaniya Hospital, Ministry of Health, Farwaniya, Kuwait

Abstract

Keratosis obturans is an obscure entity characterized by accumulation of desquamated keratinous material in the bony portion of the external auditory canal. Patients with this condition typically present with severe otalgia, conductive hearing loss, and global widening of the external auditory canal. We present a case of keratosis obturans that was misdiagnosed as impacted wax. The case was diagnosed and managed by microscope-guided examination with the patient under general anesthesia.

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health,Health Policy,Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology

Link

http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/criot/2019/9095747.pdf

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