Large nonobstructing exostoses of the external auditory canal.The otoscopic view is that of a left ear with four exostoses, which are asymptomatic but so large that they might cause an obstruction. A large exostosis exostosis /ex·os·to·sis/ (ek?sos-to´sis) 1. a benign bony growth projecting outward from a bone surface. 2. osteochondroma. protrudes from the posterior inferior external auditory canal external auditory canal n. See ear canal. and another large one from the anterior canal wall. A smaller exostosis involves the superior canal wall, and the smallest one involves the posterior superior canal wall. There is adequate space to admit a suction tip to aspirate as·pi·rate v. To take in or remove by aspiration. n. A substance removed by aspiration. Aspirate The removal by suction of a fluid from a body cavity using a needle. debris. |
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