An Oropharyngeal Accessory Tragus in a Young Patient With Conductive Hearing Loss

Tiffany Husman; Tania Benjamin; Evan J Patel; Naoki Akanuma; Anastasiya Pigal; Yew Song Cheng

doi:10.1002/ccr3.70019

An Oropharyngeal Accessory Tragus in a Young Patient With Conductive Hearing Loss

Clin Case Rep. 2024 Dec 25;13(1):e70019. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.70019. eCollection 2025 Jan.

Authors

Tiffany Husman¹, Tania Benjamin², Evan J Patel², Naoki Akanuma³, Anastasiya Pigal³, Yew Song Cheng²

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) San Francisco California USA.
² Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) San Francisco California USA.
³ Department of Pathology University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) San Francisco California USA.

Abstract

In this report, we describe the first reported case of an oropharyngeal accessory tragus in a 20-year-old female presenting with moderate to severe left-sided conductive hearing loss. This case shares rare developmental anomalies to consider when diagnosing oropharyngeal masses that highlight the intricate embryological development of the head and neck region.

Keywords: congenital abnormalities; ear; external; hearing loss; otolaryngology.