BENIGN EAR CYST

This is a condition characterized by formation of lumps and benign (Non Cancerous Growth) growth in the ear. This Situation Called BENIGN EAR CYST

Etiology/ Risk Factors

• There is no exact cause but some factors are related to causation of benign ear cyst.

• • Due to rapid secretion of oil by skin glands.

• • Exposure to cold water

• • Excessive Secretion of Earwax

• • Exostoses (noncancerous bone tumor)

• • Osteomas (benign bone tumor)

Signs and Symptoms

• Gradual hearing loss

•  Recurrent ear infections

•  Fluid Filled Vesicles 

•  Earache (pain in the Ear)

•  Skin lumps (front and behind the ear).

Diagnostic Evaluation

• History collection

• Physical examination

• CT scan

• Otoscopy 

• Audiometry

•  Electronystagmography

• Tympanometry.

Management

• No treatment required if pain is not feeling in ear.

• Complications

• Infection of the ear canal

• Hearing loss

• Otalgia 

• Cyst infection

• Wax trapping.