What are the types of malignant (cancerous) ear tumors?

What are the types of malignant (cancerous) ear tumors?

Cancer can form inside or on the outside of your ear. Ear cancer is rare.

Most cancer that affects the ear is skin cancer. Skin cancer may first appear on the outer ear. Skin cancers that affect the ear include:

• Basal cell carcinoma.
• Melanoma.
• Squamous cell carcinoma.

Cancers that directly affect the middle or inner ear are even more uncommon. They include:

• Ceruminous adenoma forms in the cells that make earwax. This cancer doesn’t spread, but it can destroy parts of the ear canal.
• Rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare childhood cancer that affects muscle tissue. It may develop in the head or neck, including the middle ear.