We present herein an extremely rare case of an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the ear lobule with its management. A 50-year-old woman presented with a wart-like mass between the ear lobule and the facial skin. She had been accidentally lacerated her left ear lobule and visited our clinic. The mass had been incidentally found by the patient 1 year before the trauma and growing slowly without pain. Surgical excision and primary closure was performed. Histopathologic examination demonstrated ill-defined margined nodular proliferation of spindle cells in deep dermis with focal stromal hyalinization and lymphoplasmacytic infiltration compatible with the IMT. The patient showed no evidence of recurrence 6 months after surgery. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an IMT occurred in the external ear. Auricular IMT of our case was not aggressive in clinical nature and treated optimally with surgical excision.
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