BACKGROUND Pseudocyst of the auricle is a common benign disease. Many treatment modalities have been described for this benign condition ranging from simple aspiration to complex cutaneous surgeries involving skin de-roofing and debridement with diamond burr. the aim of treatment is to successfully resolve the seroma without damaging the underlying healthy cartilage, thus maintaining the norma...

A 9-year-old boy was seen for an asymptomatic lesion of 7 months duration on the right pinna. The lesion first appeared after trauma and had grown progressively since then. The lesion had been drained twice with subsequent recurrence. Culture of the serous effusion was negative. The physical examination showed an indurated fluctuant nodule measuring 1.6 by 0.9 cm on the superior right antihelix...

To cite: Tupker R, Toonstra J. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013010157 DESCRIPTION A 33-year-old woman presented with a 4-week history of a painless swelling of her left ear. She denied a blunt trauma or a freezing episode. There was no local redness or suppuration, and no problems in joint. Her medical history was unremarkable, except for migra...

AIM To ascertain a definitive treatment modality for a frequently recurring condition, pseudocyst of pinna in the form of deroofing and compression. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty patients were diagnosed with pseudocyst of pinna from July 2011 to March 2013. All 30 patients underwent surgical deroofing of the pseudocyst along with compression by buttoning. The patients were followed up for a pe...

Introduction: Auricular seroma is a benign condition of the pinna usually following blunt trauma. This condition which presents with a simple swelling of the pinna is occasionally associated with pain and may result in permanent disfigurement of the pinna owing to delay in diagnosis or mismanagement. Various techniques have been proposed and practiced over the years to treat this uncompli...

357 In both cases the treatment chosen was Mohs micrographic surgery.The differential diagnosis of EMPD in the frontotem-poral area should be established with seborrheic dermatitis, nummular eczema, Bowen disease and, less frequently, with lichen-sclerosus et atrophicus and lichen simplex chroni-cus. The histological differential diagnosis should be made with other malignancies that occupy the ...