%0 Journal Article
%T OSTEOMA OF TEMPORAL BONE: A CASE OF A POST AURAL SWELLING
%A JAFFERHUSEIN SURA
%A ANOOP Raj
%A RAVI MEHER
%A VINEET NARULA
%J Otolaryngology Online Journal
%D 2012
%I Otolaryngology online
%X OSTEOMAS ARE BENIGN SLOW-GROWING BONYTUMOUR PREDOMINANTLY OCCURRING IN LONG BONES,RARELY FOUND IN THE SKULL. IN THE SKULL THEY AREFOUND MOST COMMONLY IN FRONTO-ETHMOID REGION.THEY ARE VERY RARELY FOUND IN THE TEMPORALBONE. THEY ARE USUALLY ASYMPTOMATIC ANDTREATED MAINLY FOR COSMETIC PURPOSES. WEDESCRIBE A CASE OF A 30YR OLD FEMALE WHOPRESENTED WITH HISTORY OF LEFT EAR DISCHARGEFOR 5YRS WITH SWELLING IN THE POSTAURAL REGIONSINCE CHILDHOOD
%K osteoma
%K temporal bone
%K post aural swelling
%U http://jorl.net/index.php/jorl/article/view/56/54