A rare case of spontaneous healing ear polyp

The formation of polyps in chronic purulent inflammation of the middle ear is a fairly frequent phenomenon. Developing in most cases from the mucous membrane of the middle ear as a result of prolonged discharge from it, the polyps enter the ear canal through a defect in the tympanic membrane. Having reached a certain value, they begin to prevent the free flow of secretions and thus maintain inflammation. A circulus vitiosus is created, for the elimination of which, as the first measure, it is necessary to eliminate polyps. Drug treatment for them, especially those of significant magnitude, usually does not reach the goal. The only reliable treatment for polyps is surgery. Spontaneous cure of polyps is also extremely rare. Like tumors on a pedicle of various origins, a polyp sitting on a pedicle can twist, or, getting into the ear canal through a small perforation, be impaired and, due to a cessation of nutrition, undergo necrosis. However, in reality, such outcomes are very rare. At least I don’t remember that in the literature available to me there was a description of such cases. The recent case of middle ear polyp seems to be all the more interesting. The patient was under observation for a long time, was admitted to the clinic for an operation, and already here, in a very short period of time, the polyp changed so much that the operation was not required. Literally before our eyes, the polyp healed itself. Here is the case history.