These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: [Differential diagnosis of an ear canal polyp].
    Author: Axhausen M, Jahnke V.
    Journal: HNO; 1992 Apr; 40(4):148-50. PubMed ID: 1601683.
    Abstract:
    Aural polyps or granulation tissue, though usually due to infection, may represent a neoplasm, the most frequent malignant tumour in childhood being rhabdomyosarcoma. We report a 9-year-old boy from whom an aural polyp was removed 4 years ago, with the histological diagnosis of a botryoid (alveolar type) rhabdomyosarcoma. Surgery and chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide, vincristine, adriamycin and actinomycin D were followed by a local recurrence 2 years later. This was treated by chemotherapy and irradiation with 50 Gy; the child has now been free of disease for 2 years. Rhabdomyosarcoma of the ear has a considerably improved cure rate with newer treatments if the diagnosis is made early by biopsy.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]