RESUMO
El carcinoma epidermoide del conducto auditivo es una entidad derivada del estrato espinocelular, es una neoplasia poco frecuente, con baja incidencia presentándose uno a seis casos por millón de habitantes, por lo cual existe poca información bibliográfica sobre esta patología. La clínica de presentación del cáncer de hueso temporal usualmente es inespecífica, por lo que su diagnóstico es siempre tardío. El diagnóstico definitivo requiere de biopsia de la lesión para estudio histopatológico e inmunohistoquímico y así poder establecer el comportamiento y el grado de diferenciación. Presentamos a continuación el caso de una paciente adulta con antecedente clínico de osteoporosis, diagnosticada con otitis media crónica de oído izquierdo de años de evolución, acompañada de secreción purulenta del mismo que no respondió a múltiples esquemas de tratamiento. Cursó con cefalea de predominio temporal izquierdo refractaria a analgesia convencional. En tomografía computarizada de cráneo se evidenció lesión osteolítica del hueso temporal izquierdo con invasión hacia duramadre. Tras resección y toma de biopsia de la lesión se confirma carcinoma epidermoide moderadamente diferenciado (AU)
Squamous cell carcinoma of the ear canal is an entity that arises from the stratum spinosum; it is a rare neoplasm, with a low incidence presenting 1 to 6 cases per million inhabitants, so there is little literature on this pathology. The clinical presentation of temporal bone cancer is usually nonspecific, meaning that its diagnosis is always a late-stage discovery. The definitive diagnosis requires biopsy of the lesion for histopathological and immunohistochemical study to establish the behaviour and the degree of differentiation. We present the case of an adult female patient with a clinical history of osteoporosis, diagnosed with chronic otitis media of the left ear of years of evolution, accompanied by purulent secretion of the same ear that did not respond to multiple treatment regimens. The patient also presented with a headache of left temporal predominance refractory to conventional analgesia. Cranial CT scans showed an osteolytic lesion of the left temporal bone with dural invasion. After resection and biopsy of the lesion, moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma was confirmed (AU)
Assuntos
Humanos , Feminino , Idoso , Neoplasias de Células Escamosas/diagnóstico , Neoplasias de Células Escamosas/cirurgia , Neoplasias da Orelha/diagnóstico , Neoplasias da Orelha/cirurgia , Osso Temporal/diagnóstico por imagem , Otite Média , Invasividade Neoplásica , Doença CrônicaRESUMO
Squamous cell carcinoma of the ear canal is an entity that arises from the stratum spinosum; it is a rare neoplasm, with a low incidence presenting 1 to 6 cases per million inhabitants, so there is little literature on this pathology. The clinical presentation of temporal bone cancer is usually nonspecific, meaning that its diagnosis is always a late-stage discovery. The definitive diagnosis requires biopsy of the lesion for histopathological and immunohistochemical study to establish the behaviour and the degree of differentiation. We present the case of an adult female patient with a clinical history of osteoporosis, diagnosed with chronic otitis media of the left ear of years of evolution, accompanied by purulent secretion of the same ear that did not respond to multiple treatment regimens. The patient also presented with a headache of left temporal predominance refractory to conventional analgesia. Cranial CT scans showed an osteolytic lesion of the left temporal bone with dural invasion. After resection and biopsy of the lesion, moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma was confirmed.
