Two Cases of Surfer's Ear

Abstract

Surfer's ear (exostosis) is a hyperostotic lesion of the external auditory canal caused by a long-termstimulation of cold water. Two rare cases of exostosis of the external auditory canal are reported.
A 40-year-old male, professional surfer in Hawaii, had total occlusion of the left and subtotal occlusion ofthe right ear canal. Another patient was a 66-year-old professional diver, with the uncertain hearing loss anddizziness, had subtotal occlusions of the ear canal bone bilaterally and was accompanied by perilymph leakageof the left ear.
Surgical treatment through a postauricular skin incision was performed in both cases and the perilymphleakage from the left round window was closed simultaneously in the second case.