The Global Burden of Cholesteatoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. [PDF]
Abstract Objective This systematic review and meta‐analysis sought to estimate the global and World Health Organization (WHO) regional prevalence and burden of cholesteatoma. Data Sources PubMed, APA PsycINFO, the Cochrane Library, Embase, and WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) from 2010 to 2025.
Melariri H +21 more
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Day-case management of chronic suppurative otitis media with cholesteatoma with canal wall down technique surgery: long-term follow-up [PDF]
The overall number of day-case otologic surgery cases is increasing; however, there is limited experience about performing canal wall down tympanoplasty in patients with chronic suppurative otitis media with cholesteatoma in this setting.
GRASSO, MICHELE +4 more
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The genetics of cholesteatoma. A systematic review using narrative synthesis [PDF]
Objective: A cholesteatoma is a mass of keratinising epithelium in the middle ear. It is a rare disorder that is associated with significant morbidity, and its causative risk factors are poorly understood; on a global scale up to a million people are ...
Al Balushi +51 more
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An unusual complication of otitis media: Luc's abscess [PDF]
Luc’s abscess is an extremely rare complication of otitis media, caused by the spread of the middle ear infection to the subperiosteal area and its accumulation beneath the temporal muscle.
Ardıç, Fazıl Necdet +3 more
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Isolated Congenital Mastoid Cholesteatoma with no Involvement of Aditus Ad Antrum and Middle Ear
Cholesteatoma is a non-neoplastic, keratinized squamous epithelial lesion that affects the temporal bone. The middle ear is the most frequent, while the isolated cholesteatoma of the mastoid is rare.
Pace Annalisa +7 more
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Spontaneously Extruded Osteoma of the External Auditory Canal. [PDF]
Osteomas of the external ear canal are rare but benign bony growths. We present a case report of an external auditory canal osteoma in a 74‐year‐old female that spontaneously extruded from the ear. The patient was evaluated after the lesion dislodged from her ear canal without physical manipulation or operative intervention, and she presented the ...
Zayan KL, Cheng T, McCall AA.
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False-Positive Cholesteatomas on Non-Echoplanar Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging. [PDF]
ObjectivesTo investigate false-positive findings on non-echoplanar (non-EPI) diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) in patients under surveillance post-cholesteatoma surgery.Study design, setting, subjects, and methodsA retrospective review ...
Djalilian, Hamid R +7 more
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Taste and olfaction in middle ear surgery [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess pre- and postoperative taste ability in patients undergoing middle ear surgery for otosclerosis or chronic otitis media.
CIOFALO, Andrea +6 more
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Establishment and Characterization of an Model for Cholesteatoma [PDF]
ObjectivesExperimental models are of importance to study the pathogenesis of middle ear cholesteatoma, however, they were not established until now.
Alexander M. Raynov +4 more
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First Branchial Cleft Fistula Associated with External Auditory Canal Stenosis and Middle Ear Cholesteatoma [PDF]
Introduction: First branchial cleft anomalies manifest with duplication of the external auditory canal. Case Report: This report features a rare case of microtia and congenital middle ear and canal cholesteatoma with first branchial fistula.
shahin abdollahi fakhim +2 more
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