cholesteatoma
Cholesteatoma is a destructive and expanding growth consisting of keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process. Cholesteatomas are not cancerous as the name may suggest, but can cause significant problems because of their erosive and expansile properties. This can result in the destruction of the bones of the middle ear (ossicles), as well as growth through the base of the skull into the brain. They often become infected and can result in chronically draining ears. Treatment almost always consists of surgical removal.
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Research
9,235 papers- Congenital cholesteatoma.Current opinion in otolaryngology & head and neck surgery · 2004
- Congenital Mastoid Cholesteatoma.The journal of international advanced otology · 2022
- Nasal sinuses cholesteatoma: case series and review of the English literature.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2023
- Pathogenesis of cholesteatoma.Otolaryngologic clinics of North America · 1989
- Treatment of cholesteatoma and retraction pockets.
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14 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Cause
- Congenital cholesteatoma
- Acquired cholesteatoma
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Surgery
- Endoscopic surgery
- Prognosis
- Infections
- Epidemiology
- See also
- References
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Cholesteatoma is a destructive and expanding growth consisting of keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process. Cholesteatomas are not cancerous as the name may suggest, but can cause significant problems because of their erosive and expansile properties. This can result in the destruction of the bones of the middle ear (ossicles), as well as growth through the base of the skull into the brain. They often become infected and can result in chronically draining ears. Treatment almost always consists of surgical removal.
==Signs and symptoms==