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Endoscopic Cholesteatoma Surgery
Published on: January 19, 2022
Extensive tympanic membrane cholesteatoma with marginal perforation: an unusual case
Erdal Sakalli1, Deniz Kaya, Cengiz Celikyurt
1Safa Private Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Istanbul, Turkey ; Fevzi Çakmak Mahallesi Şişecam Bloklari, Emek Apartment D:8, Bağcilar, Istanbul, Turkey.
Abstract:
The migration of squamous epithelium of external ear through a tympanic membrane perforation into the middle ear forms a cholesteatoma. But it is extremely a rare condition to observe extensive cholesteatoma on the medial surface of tympanic membrane with perforation. This condition is termed tympanic membrane cholesteatoma (TMC). We herein present an exceptional case of extensive TMC with marginal perforation.
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