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Osteoma: A Rare Case of Painless Postauricular Swelling

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Osteomas are osteogenic tumors that commonly affects frontal and ethmoidal sinuses. Temporal osteomas are extremely rare with less than 200 cases have been reported in the literature; within the temporal bone, osteoma rarely affects the mastoid but commonly involves external auditory meatus, middle ear, and styloid process. We present here a case of osteoma of mastoid region of temporal bone presenting as a single painless postauricular mass.

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  1. Department of ENT, GGS Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, Punjab, India

    Rachna Dhingra, Jai Lal Davessar, Nupur Midha & Harinder Singh

  2. Department of Community Medicine, GGS Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, Punjab, India

    Shamim Monga

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Dhingra, R., Davessar, J.L., Midha, N. et al. Osteoma: A Rare Case of Painless Postauricular Swelling. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 71 (Suppl 2), 1238–1240 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-018-1289-4

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