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Pediatric Surgical Pathology of the Ear and Temporal Bone

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This chapter discusses a group of pediatric diseases in the ear and temporal bone. The clinicopathology basis of the definition and classification of each of them is stated where relevant and important hereditary/genetic associations, macroscopic and microscopic features, histopathology, immunohistopathology, and molecular analyses can be used to diagnose them accurately. A differential diagnosis is also discussed. The chapter includes only inflammatory, infectious, common and rare benign and malignancies that occur in pediatric patients. While some of these diseases can manifest in these sites specifically, many also occur elsewhere in the body. Knowledge of their existence in these locations is thus key to their diagnosis.

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    Martin D. Hyrcza

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  3. Division of Pathology, Paediatric Laboratory, Hospital for Sick Children Division of Pathology, Toronto, ON, Canada

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  4. Division of Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine (retired), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

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Hyrcza, M.D. (2021). Pediatric Surgical Pathology of the Ear and Temporal Bone. In: Campisi, P., Forte, V., Ngan, BY., Taylor, G. (eds) Pediatric Head and Neck Textbook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59265-3_5

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