Auricular Tophus Misdiagnosed as a Malignancy

Jung, Jae-Hoon; Kim, Soon-Gu; Lee, Il-Woo; Lee, Duk-Gyu

doi:10.35420/jcohns.2014.25.2.176

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2014; 25(2):176-178

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.2014.25.2.176

증례

악성종양으로 오인된 외이에 발생한 통풍결절 1예

정재훈¹, 김순구¹, 이일우¹, 이덕규¹^,^*

Auricular Tophus Misdiagnosed as a Malignancy

Jae-Hoon Jung¹, Soon-Gu Kim¹, Il-Woo Lee¹, Duk-Gyu Lee¹^,^*

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¹부산대학교 의학전문대학원 양산부산대학교병원 이비인후과학교실

¹Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Busan, Korea

^*교신저자: 이덕규, 626-770 경남 양산시 물금읍 금오로 20 부산대학교 의학전문대학원 양산부산대학교병원 이 비 인후 과학교실 전화： (055) 360-2651·전송: (055) 360-2162 E-mail： medical78@hanmail.net

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Received: Sep 12, 2014; Revised: Sep 26, 2014; Accepted: Nov 24, 2014

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Tophus due to gout is rarely found in auricle. We report a patient who visited the emergency room due to an auricular mass lesion with severe pain. A 68-year-old male patient who suffered from gout complained of a right side auricular mass. The mass was hard, tender, and had a irregular margin. The surgery was done at operation room, and it was diagnosed as auricular tophi. Although it’s not life-threatening disease, but it’s important because it can be misdiagnosed as malignancy. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 2014;25:176–178)

Keywords: 통풍; 이개 종괴

Keywords: Gout; Auricular neoplasm

악성종양으로 오인된 외이에 발생한 통풍결절 1예

ABSTRACT

임상이비인후과 학술상 선정