Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 244-247, September 2009

Malignant Melanoma of the External Auditory Canal

  • Chiu-Hung Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, national Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tzong-Yang Tu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, national Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pen-Yuan Chu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, national Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yi-Wei Chen

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Cancer Center, national Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wing-Yin Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Pathology, national Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 8 October 2008; received in revised form 20 November 2008; accepted 23 December 2008.

Article Outline

Abstract 

Primary malignant melanoma rarely occurs in the external auditory canal. In the few reported cases, treatment with lateral temporal bone resection, superficial parotidectomy, and neck dissection were suggested. We describe a 52-year-old man with this disease, managed by sentinel node biopsy with lymphoscintigraphy guidance, lateral temporal bone resection, and postoperative radiotherapy. The patient refused superficial parotidectomy and neck dissection. Although there was no locoregional recurrence on follow-up, pulmonary metastasis was diagnosed in the third year after treatment. The incidence, symptoms, treatment, and prognosis of external auditory canal malignant melanoma are also discussed in this article.

Keywords:  External auditory canal , Malignant melanoma , Lymphoscintigraphy , Sentinel node biopsy

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PII: S1016-3190(09)60047-1

doi:10.1016/S1016-3190(09)60047-1

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 244-247, September 2009

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