Postauricular Leiomyosarcoma: A Case Report and Literature Review

Table 1

Summary of previously reported cases of leiomyosarcoma involving ear/temporal bone.

Sl no.	Year	Author	Patient details	Site	Treatment modalities	Follow-up period
1	1964	Charlton [1]	69 yr/F	Right external auditory canal	Wide excision	NA
2	1991	Rasp et al. [3]	45 yr/M	Right EAC	Surgical removal	NA
3	1994	Zbaren and Ruchti [4]	71 yr/F	Extensive lesion of middle ear and temporal bone	Palliative chemotherapy	Died after 6 months due to disease progression
4	1995	Nilles et al. [5]	74 yr	Temporal bone	Surgical removal	NA
5	1998	Karasen [6]	68 yr/M	Left auricle	Radical resection of auricle	1 yr NAD
6	2003	Pai et al. [7]	79 yr/M	Left auricle	Partial auriculectomy	NA
7	2004	Öztürk et al. [2]	46 yr/M	Postauricular region	Wide excision with 3 cm margin	26 months NAD
8	2007	Annest et al. [8]	68 yr/M	Left Ear	Wide excision	6 months NAD
9	2010	Mehta et al. [9]	78 yr/M	Right auricle	Surgery + radiotherapy	2 yr followup, death due to metastasis
10	2011	Ursick and Linthicum [10]	60 yr/F	Left temporal bone	Autopsy histopathology