This is a 5-year retrospective descriptive study (from May 1, 2018 to April 30, 2023) of the records of patients who consulted for a functional or cosmetic complaint relating to the auricle or periauricular region in the ENT and cervico-facial surgery department of the Centre hospitalier universitaire Sylvanus Olympio.
A total of 159 cases over 5 years, i.e. an annual frequency of 31 cases, met the study criteria. The mean age of the patients was 22.2 years. Children and students accounted for 24.5% and 23.9% of cases respectively. Auricular pathologies accounted for 64.8% of cases and peri-auricular pathologies for 36.2%.Tumors and trauma accounted for 33.3% and 29.6% of cases respectively, and congenital pathologies were found in 29.9% of cases. Among traumatic lesions, intentional assault and battery was the cause in 21.3%, followed by road accidents in 17.2%. The right ear was affected in 48% and the lobule in 40.4%. Keloids accounted for 17.6% of all cases, and 53% of tumors and pseudotumors. The left ear was involved in 50% of cases. Piercing was the cause of keloids in 10.7% of cases.
Auricular and peri-auricular pathologies were dominated by benign tumors, trauma and congenital pathologies, and involved young subjects. Management is based on the type of lesion, with functional and aesthetic considerations in mind.
这是一项为期5年的回顾性描述性研究(从2018年5月1日至2023年4月30日),对因耳廓或耳周区域的功能性或美容性投诉而咨询的患者记录进行了研究。
■5年共159例,即每年31例,符合研究标准。患者的平均年龄为22.2岁。儿童和学生分别占病例的24.5%和23.9%。耳部病理占64.8%,耳周病理占36.2%。肿瘤和外伤分别占33.3%和29.6%,29.9%的病例发现先天性病变。在创伤性病变中,故意攻击和殴打是21.3%的原因,其次是17.2%的道路交通事故。右耳受累占48%,小叶受累占40.4%。瘢痕疙瘩占所有病例的17.6%,53%的肿瘤和假瘤.50%的病例累及左耳。在10.7%的病例中,穿孔是瘢痕疙瘩的原因。
■耳廓和耳廓周围病变以良性肿瘤为主,创伤和先天性病理,涉及年轻科目。根据病变的类型进行管理,考虑到功能和美学。