Plasmacytoma of the mastoid bone: solitary and systemic.

Plasma cell tumours of the mastoid are rare malignancies of haematological origin. Two patients are described with a plasma cell tumour in the mastoid bone. In one patient it concerned a solitary plasmacytoma of the bone and in the other a focus in the mastoid of a recently diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Impacted aural foreign body requiring endaural incision and canal widening for removal.

Foreign bodies of the ear are a common finding in children. The majority of these can be removed relatively easily. We present a case which required endaural incision and widening of the external meatus before the foreign body could be successfully removed.