First Branchial Cleft Fistula Associated with External Auditory Canal Stenosis and Middle Ear Cholesteatoma

Document Type : Case Report

Authors

1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Children Hospital, Tabriz, Iran.

2 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Imam Reza Hospital, Tabriz, Iran.

Abstract

Introduction:
First branchial cleft anomalies manifest with duplication of the external auditory canal.
 
Case Report:
This report features a rare case of microtia and congenital middle ear and canal cholesteatoma with first branchial fistula. External auditory canal stenosis was complicated by middle ear and external canal cholesteatoma, but branchial fistula, opening in the zygomatic root and a sinus in the helical root, may explain this feature. A canal wall down mastoidectomy with canaloplasty and wide meatoplasty was performed. The branchial cleft was excised through parotidectomy and facial nerve dissection.
 
Conclusion: 
It should be considered that canal stenosis in such cases can induce cholesteatoma formation in the auditory canal and middle ear.

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Iranian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
Volume 26, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
September and October 2014
Pages 263-266

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