of lichen planus follicularis tumidus and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. An Bras Dermatol. 2017;92(4):585-7. Mailing address: Hatice Kaya Ozden Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital Dermatology Department 41900 Kocaeli / Turkey E-mail: [email protected] We observed a slightly itchy, tumid, violaceous plaque in our patient only in the left retroauricular region and classic lichen planus lesion...

OBJECTIVE To report our preliminary experience with a retroauricular hairline incision (RAHI) for excision of second branchial cleft cysts (SBCC) and to present a relevant literature review. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case series. METHODS A retrospective chart review was conducted of two consecutive patients diagnosed with SBCC who underwent surgical removal via a RAHI. Relevant demographic...

Introduction After mastoidectomy, patients usually complain of bone depressions in the retroauricular region in the surgical site, especially in procedures that require extensive cortical resections. This causes inconveniences such as difficulty wearing glasses, cleaning, and aesthetics complaints. Objective This study aims to describe a vascularized flap surgical technique that uses the mastoi...

The tumors of the external auditory canal are relatively rare. Among these tumors an osteoma is not common. Two cases of osteoma of the external auditory canal were reported. The patient, 26-year-old female, had a history of left-sided hearing impairment and w hard mass protruding from the posterior part of the left external canal. A stony hard mass almost completely occlu ded the left external...

1 Koichi Ueda, MD, PhD Jun Akamatsu, MD, PhD Naoya Sugita, MD Yuka Shigemura, MD Takashi Nuri, MD, PhD Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Osaka Medical College Takatsuki Osaka, Japan Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Chikamori Hospital Kochi, Japan Sir: T postauricular and retroauricular scalping flap (PARAS), described by Dias and Chhajlani,1 has a profuse circulat...