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Congenital cholesteatoma of the mastoid region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Sebahattin Cüreoglu
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dicle University, School of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey
Üstün Osma
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dicle University, School of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey
M. Faruk Oktay
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dicle University, School of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey
Hasan Nazaroglu
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Dicle University, School of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey
Faruk Meric
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dicle University, School of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey
Ismail Topçu
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dicle University, School of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey

Abstract

Congenital cholesteatoma may arise in the petrous apex, mastoid, middle ear, or external auditory canal. The least common site being the mastoid process. We present one case of primary mastoid cholesteatoma confirmed by clinical examination, surgical findings and radiological evaluation.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2000

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