Table 6.
Entities clinically characterized as aural polyp in external and/or middle ear
| Infectious/inflammatory |
| Granulomatous inflammation |
| Acute localized otitis externa (furunculosis) |
| Tuberculous otitis |
| Otomycosis |
| Primary tumors/pseudotumors and secondary neoplasms |
| Middle ear adenoma |
| Neural tumors |
| Dermal nevus |
| Meningioma |
| External auditory canal osteoma |
| Rhabdomyosarcoma |
| Squamous cell carcinoma |
| Langerhan’s cell histiocytosis |
| Metastatic disease: renal cell carcinoma, melanoma |
| Malignant salivary gland tumor (primary or secondary extension from parotid gland) |
| Extension of synovial or joint pathology from temporomandibular joint region |