Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of External Auditory Canal

• Main Authors: Sanjeev Bhagat, Saurabh Varshney, Sampan Singh Bist, Sarita Mishra, Vinish Aggarwal
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Light House Polyclinic Mangalore 2012-04-01
• Series: Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
• Subjects: Adenoid cystic carcinoma; External auditory canal; Malignant tumour
• Online Access: http://www.ojhas.org/issue41/2012-1-19.htm

Adenoid cystic carcinoma is extremely rare tumour that accounts for approximately 5% of primary malignancy of external auditory canal. These tumours are related with a high risk of recurrences and significant morbidities from surgical management and adjuvant radiotherapy. Despite the aggressive management for these tumours, many patients succumb to distant metastasis, making overall prognosis of these tumours poor. Although ACC of EAC has been reported in 5th decade, but its occurrence in young patient is very rare. We report a rare case of ACC in a young 22 years old female, who presented with ear canal mass and ear pain. Biopsy suggested mass to be ACC. Patient underwent wide local excision followed by adjuvant radiotherapy.