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Case Number : CASE 4558 - 28 October 2024 Posted By: Admin_Dermpath

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4 year-old boy with an external ear polyp at the edge of the external auditory canal.
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sfwenson

Granulation tissue with what looks like either plant seeds or possibly arthropods??  Ticks???

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vincenzo
On 29/10/2024 at 13:16, sfwenson said:

Granulation tissue with what looks like either plant seeds or possibly arthropods??  Ticks???

Agree with above. It seems half plant material half insect/arthropod-like tissues.  

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smbaksh@psppath.com

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Diagnosis:  Otoacariasis (ear mites)

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Richard Logan

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On 13/01/2025 at 20:59, smbaksh@psppath.com said:

Diagnosis:  Otoacariasis (ear mites)

Dear Dr. Baksh,

 

That is a very interesting diagnosis.  In 45 years as a Dermatologist I have never seen a case, nor is there a previous example in Dermpathpro to date.  Was this diagnosis confirmed clinically?  The reason I am sceptical is the rarity of this as a diagnosis.  Also, the reticulate appearance in the third photomicrogaph, within the lowest cyst, looks very like plant structure, rather than the cross-section of a mite.

 

What do you think?

 

 

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