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Primary cholesteatoma of the mastoid presenting as cervical abscess

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. A. El-Kholy  and
J. R. Cherry
A. A. El-Kholy
Affiliation:
Lancaster, England
J. R. Cherry*
Affiliation:
Lancaster, England
*
Mr J. R. Cherry, Consultant Otolaryngologist, Beaumont Hospital, Lancaster LA1 2JF.
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Abstract

Primary cholesteatoma has been described in a number of sites within the temporal bone. We report an unusual case of primary cholesteatoma, confined to the mastoid, presenting with a Bezold's abscess of the anterior cervical triangle, in an otherwise asymptomatic elderly man with normal hearing.

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Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 103 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 92 - 93
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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