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Endoscopic Cholesteatoma Surgery
Published on: January 19, 2022
[Cholesteatoma: rare, but can have serious consequences]
M L Timmer1, P A Borggreven1, R van de Langenberg1
1Diakonessenhuis, afd. Keel-, Neus- en Oorheelkunde/Hoofd-halschirurgie, Utrecht.
Abstract:
Cholesteatoma is a mass formed by the keratinizing squamous epithelium in the tympanic cavity and/or mastoid that can lead to the destruction of surrounding structures in the ear. It can arise at any age. Symptoms are non-specific and diagnosis may be difficult on otoscopic examination. The management of cholesteatoma is surgical; mastoid obliteration has reduced the incidence of recurrent cholesteatoma in recent years. The use of diffusion-weighted MRI has proven to be a reliable technique for the detection and follow-up of cholesteatoma.
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