Ear
External ear tumors - benign / nonneoplastic
Keratoacanthoma
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Last author update: 1 November 2014
Last staff update: 16 May 2022
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PubMed Search: Keratoacanthoma ear
Cite this page: Pernick N. Keratoacanthoma. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/earkeratoacanthoma.html. Accessed June 3rd, 2023.
Definition / general
- Common in skin of external ear
- Often rapid growth (days / weeks) (HNO 1993;41:532)
Case reports
- 84 year old woman with giant keratoacanthoma of the auricle (Auris Nasus Larynx 2000;27:185)
Differential diagnosis
