Otic polyp.

Patients usually present with a solitary, polypoid, reddish, friable mass. The entire specimen is usually processed in order to rule out a concurrent cholesteatoma. Pathologic examination will reveal a granulation-type tissue with edematous stroma and a high density of capillaries (figure 1) associated with chronic inflammatory cells, including plasma cells, lymphocytes, histiocytes, and eosinophils (figure 2).