Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
증례
이수에 국한된 선천성 이개 누공
허경욱1,*
Congenital Auricular Fistula Confined to an Ear Lobule
Kyung Wook Heo1,*
1인제대학교 의과대학 이비인후-두경부외과학교실
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, Korea
*교신저자: 허경욱, 614-735 부산광역시 부산진구 개금1동 633-165 인제대학교 의과대학 이비인후-두경부외과학교실 전화： (051) 890-6375·전송： (051) 892-3831 E-mail：
heokw96@kornet.net
© Copyright 2007 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Received: Apr 03, 2007; Accepted: May 07, 2007
Published Online: May 31, 2020
ABSTRACT
Congenital anomalies of the external ear are rare, and can have negative effects on children due to unaesthetic appearance and repeated infection. Surgical management is required to correct the deformity. Of the external ear deformities, congenital fistulae are rare and manifest as blindly ending narrow tubes, sometimes mere pits or dimples. The fistular opening can be located in various regions of the periauricular area. The present case involved 3-year-old girl with two congenital openings at the intertragic incisura and the middle of the free border of ear lobule, which caused frequent odorous discharge. A fistulogram showed that the two openings were interconnected via a fistular tract. The patient underwent fistulectomy under general anesthesia. The author reports this case with review of a literature. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 2007;18:125–127)
Keywords: 외이; 누공; 선천성
Keywords: External Ear; Fistula; Congenital
