Ear/pathology* ; Ear Diseases/therapy* ; Ear, Middle ; Humans

Cysts ; therapy ; Ear Auricle ; pathology ; Ear Diseases ; therapy ; Humans ; Microwaves

Congresses as Topic ; Ear Diseases ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Humans

Ear Diseases ; congenital ; surgery ; therapy ; Ear, External ; abnormalities ; Ear, Middle ; abnormalities ; Humans

Ear Diseases ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Keloid refers to the damaged skin due to excessive fibroblast proliferation. Ear is one predilection site. The pathogenesis of ear keloid is not very clear, and the treatment is also varied. Surgery, postoperative radiotherapy and laser treatment, steroid hormones, pressure therapy are the basic treatment methods. Integrated application of a variety of treatments, classification research and new materials using revealed the prospect for the treatment of the disease. This thesis reviews literature about ear keloid in recent 10 years, and introduces this disease and clinical research progress.
Cell Proliferation ; Ear ; pathology ; Ear Diseases ; pathology ; therapy ; Fibroblasts ; cytology ; Humans ; Keloid ; pathology

BACKGROUNDKeloids have a predilection for the aural region because of the special shape of the pinna. It is difficult to resect keloids entirely and maintain a satisfactory pinnal shape. Surgical excision in combination with radiotherapy is considered to be the most efficacious treatment available for severe keloids. This study was conducted to evaluate the treatment of aural keloids with intralesional excision and immediate postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy.

METHODSForty-six patients with a combined total of 74 aural keloids were treated by intralesional excision and immediate postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy. All patients received a total dose of 20 Gy in 10 consecutive days. The time interval between keloid excision and delivery of the first radiotherapy fraction was < 24 hours in all cases. The median follow-up was 2.2 years.

RESULTSTwenty-nine patients with 48 keloids (64.9%) were highly satisfied with their outcome, and were rated as good by the surgeon. Six patients with 12 keloids (16.2%) showed general satisfaction but wanted aesthetic refinement, and these patients were rated as fair by the surgeon. Three patients with four keloids (5.4%) showed no evidence of recurrence after surgery, but disliked the result because of the discoloration and irregularity of the scar surface. These patients were rated as poor by the surgeon. Partial recurrence occurred in 8 patients with 10 keloids (13.5%). No major complications were observed.

CONCLUSIONIntralesional excision and immediate postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy is well tolerated and very effective in preventing recurrence of aural region keloids.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Combined Modality Therapy ; Ear Diseases ; therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Keloid ; therapy ; Male ; Middle Aged

Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Acupuncture, Ear ; Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Vulvar Diseases ; therapy

Brain Abscess ; diagnosis ; etiology ; therapy ; Cerebellar Diseases ; diagnosis ; etiology ; therapy ; Ear Diseases ; complications ; Humans ; Male ; Young Adult

The patient has complained of fullness in her right ear since she took a flight 5 years ago. Pure tone audiometry indicated normal hearing threshold and acoustic immitance proved type A tympanogram in both ears. She visited different doctors over and over again, with every doctor diagnosed her with psychogenic ear fullness. The patient was treated with vasodilative and neurotrophic medicine, together with psychotherapy, but her ear fullness didn't relieve. Three months ago she visited our department. Tubomanometry (TMM) can't find R value under 50mBar and ETS-7 score was zero in her right ear. Eustachian tube dysfunction was diagnosed and the patient was then given nasal decongestants, intranasal corticosteroids and myrtol for treatment. A month later the patient's symptom relieved and TMM showed R value less than 1 under 30mBar and EST-7 score was 14 in the right ear.
Audiometry, Pure-Tone ; Ear Diseases ; diagnosis ; physiopathology ; therapy ; Eustachian Tube ; physiopathology ; Female ; Humans