El carcinoma epidermoide del conducto auditivo externo
es difícil de diagnosticar, al ser una rareza y simular patologías
comunes como otitis externa y otitis media crónica; de ahí que
deba formar parte de los diagnósticos diferenciales habituales del
clínico en ORL. Su diagnóstico precoz facilitaría aplicar terapéuticas que
mejorarían su pronóstico vital. Se realiza una revisión de la literatura,
resultando complicada, debido a la baja prevalencia y a la gran
variabilidad del estadiaje y tratamiento propuestos.
SUMMARY
The external ear duct epidermoid carcinoma is difficult
to diagnose, due to its rarity and simulation of common
pathologies such as external otitis and chronic medium
otitis; that is why it should belong to the usual differential
diagnoses of the ENT clinician.
Its early diagnosis would facilitate therapy that would
imply a better life prognosis. We perform a literature
search, which was rather complicated because of its low
incidence and great variability in staging and proposed
treatments.
