Such causes can include for example poor eustachian tube function which results in retraction of the ear drum and failure of the normal outward migration of skin.
Attic retraction cholesteatoma.
There is an attic erosion partially exposing posterior half of drum deeply retracted and this pocket is full of keratin flakes.
Granulation tissue may arise from the mucosa adjacent to the cholesteatoma figure 6c.
Attic retraction pocket cholesteatoma.
Diagnosis is clinical based on histor.
Often presents with a malodorous ear discharge with associated hearing loss.
In three cases of cholesteatoma follow up ct revealed either growth of a cholesteatoma from a retraction pocket or development of a small cholesteatoma into a large one.
Skin material often accumulates in this pocket and becomes infected causing drainage and potential severe complications.
A recurrent cholesteatoma is a new cholesteatoma that develops when the underlying causes of the initial cholesteatoma are still present.
Although benign it may enlarge and invade adjacent bone.
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Cholesteatoma is an accumulation of squamous epithelium and keratin debris that usually involves the middle ear and mastoid.
This is the most common and widely considered as the main reason for cholesteatoma.
A retraction pocket seen in the attic or posterosuperior quadrant of a tympanic membrane is the hallmark of an acquired cholesteatoma.
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In these ears it was seen that the well pneumatized attic and mastoid antrum seen in.
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Eustachian tube theory.
