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Head Face Medicine BioMedCentral Case report Open Access Schwannoma of the external auditory canal: a case report Ozgul Topal*, Selim S Erbek and Seyra Erbek Address: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, 06640 Bahcelievler, Ankara, Turkey Email: Ozgul Topal* - ozgultopal75@; Selim S Erbek - selimerbek@; Seyra Erbek - seyraerbek@ * Corresponding author Published: 15 January 2007 Received: 26 October 2006 Accepted: 15 January 2007 Head Face Medicine 2007, 3:6 doi:10.1186/1746-160X-3-6 This article is available from: /content/3/1/6 ? 2007 Topal et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: Schwannomas are uncommon benign tumors of the external auditory canal. The clinical features, the differential diagnosis, and the surgical treatment of these lesions are discussed. Case presentation: A 51-year-old patient presented with a mass obliterating the external auditory meatus. Excisional biopsy was performed. Diagnosis was reported to be schwannoma by histopathologic examination. Conclusion: Schwannoma, rarely seen in the external auditory canal, can be managed by a precise excision of the tumor via transmeatal approach. Background the external auditory canal posterior wall (Fig. 1). The mass showed patchy contrast enhancement with no inva- sion of middle ear or surrounding bone/cartilaginous structures. Schwannomas are slow-growing benign tumors originat- ing from the Schwann cells surrounding the peripheral, cranial or autonomic nerves. In head and neck region, schwannomas most commonly appear as acoustic neu- roma (25–45%) [1]. These tumors are rarely diagnosed in the external auditory meatus [2,3]. An exc