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Case Number : Case 1622 - 13 September Posted By: Guest

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22 year old male with unilateral right pinna lesion.

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Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim

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Chondrodermatitis helicis. Esinophilic degenerated cartilage surrounded by inflammatory reaction and granulation tissue. Specimen not showing the surface epidermis with its characteristic changes.

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vincenzo polizzi

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Thinking of Relapsing Polychondritis...late stage.

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Raul Perret

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There is clear chronic chondritis with cartilage degeneration and abundant granulation tissue. There is no clear epidermal changes evident (at least in this biopsy). We would need CPC to make a certain diagnosis if we are only based on these images. From my point of view this could be a case of pseudocyst of the auricle. Clinical information fits better (young patient, apparently not painful) but once again we would need to call the fellow clinician to be sure and discard CNH. Here a nice table comparing the findings of the 4 main auricular pathological entities, and here an article with histological images similar to the ones seen here

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Nitin Khirwadkar

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Agree with the comments above, more in favour of what Raul has suggested. Will be unusual to have CDNH in a 22 year old.

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Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim

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I think the suggestion of pseudocyst by Raul is more fitting especially with the lack of the epidermis in the specimen.

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Uma Sundram

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You guys nailed it! Pseudocyst of the auricle. Fits with clinical impression and very characteristic clinical photo. Nice to compare/contrast with both CNH and with relapsing polychondritis, as there are overlapping features.

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