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Pseudocyst of the auricle, also known as auricular pseudocyst, endochondral pseudocyst, cystic chondromalacia, intracartilaginous auricular seroma cyst, and benign idiopathic cystic chondromalacia, [1] is a cutaneous condition characterized by a fluctuant, tense, noninflammatory swelling on the upper half of the ear, known as the auricle or pinna.
Mastoiditis is the result of an infection that extends to the air cells of the skull behind the ear. Specifically, it is an inflammation of the mucosal lining of the mastoid antrum and mastoid air cell system inside [1] the mastoid process. The mastoid process is the portion of the temporal bone of the skull that is behind
A cauliflower ear deformity. Inflammation of the cartilage of the ear is a specific symptom of the disease and affects most people. [3] It is present in about 20% of persons with RP at presentation and in 90% at some point. [3] Both ears are often affected but the inflammation may alternate between either ear during a relapse. [3]
The symptoms are occipital headache, cough, middle ear effusion, cervical myalgia, and halitosis, i.e. bad breath. When there is an enlargement of the cyst, it causes symptoms like nasal obstruction, post-nasal discharge with foul-smelling odour, blockage of the Eustachian tube causing otalgia and secretory otitis media, retro-orbital pain.
The pimple is not likely to cause an ear infection and the pus is not going to sneakily make its way down into your ear drum. “[Ear pimples] are very painful because the skin is more taut there ...
Preauricular sinuses and cysts result from developmental defects of the first and second pharyngeal arches. [10] This and other ear malformations are sometimes associated with renal anomalies. [ 11 ] In rare circumstances these pits may be seen in genetic conditions such as branchio-oto-renal syndrome ; however these conditions are always ...
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Not all middle ear epidermal cysts are congenital, as they can be acquired either by metaplasia of the middle ear mucosa or by traumatic implantation of ear canal or tympanic membrane skin. In addition, cholesteatoma inadvertently left by a surgeon usually regrows as an epidermal cyst. Some authors have also suggested hereditary factors. [9] [10]