8 Controversies in Cholesteatoma Surgery There are a few areas in cholesteatoma management that remain controversial, where experienced surgeons continue to hold fundamental differences of opinion about treatment options. The…
1 General Considerations in Cholesteatoma Cholesteatoma is an antiquated term that has persisted through generations of use. Cholesteatoma would have been better named keratoma.1 It is a growth of keratinizing…
10 Recidivism The possibility of disease recurrence makes the surgical manage ment of cholesteatoma challenging. Recurrent cholesteatoma is defined as cholesteatoma that re-forms after complete surgical excision. Residual cholesteatoma is…
11 Complications of the Disease Acute and chronic otitis media, with or without cholesteatoma, consists of inflammation of the pneumatized spaces of the temporal bone, which include the eustachian tube,…
9 Congenital Cholesteatoma Congenital cholesteatoma is cholesteatoma that occurs in a child, behind an intact tympanic membrane.1 Congenital cholesteatoma is thought to arise from an epithelial rest that gets trapped…
5 The Meatus and Cavity Management ♦ Cholesteatoma The external auditory meatus is often not given its due importance in discussions of ear disease and ear surgery. The meatus is…
7 Situations That Arise at Surgery: Hearing Issues This chapter and the previous one address the unique situations that arise during cholesteatoma surgery. The prior chapter dealt with anatomical factors…
12 Complications of the Surgery The complications of cholesteatoma surgery relate to recurrence, residual, or recidivism of the disease, infection, cavity management, and loss of the specialized functions of the…
FIGURE 11.1 Nasopalatine Duct Cyst, 200×. The cyst is lined by a ciliated pseudostratified cuboidal to the low columnar epithelium (inset lower left, 400×) with underlying fibroconnective tissue and a prominent…
FIGURE 12.1 Mondini Malformation. (A) Axial CT demonstrates incomplete partitioning of the mid and apical turn of the right cochlea with deficient modiolus (arrow). (B) Axial CT one slice superior demonstrates…
