International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR)

International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR)
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Case Studies | Medical Surgical | India | Volume 4 Issue 3, March 2015


A Case of Spontaneous External Auditory Canal Cholesteatoma

Ajitha Kumara | Sambandan A. P.


Abstract: External auditory canal cholesteatoma (EACC) is a disease that is characterized by desquamating tissue and bone erosion. EACC is a disease with a postoperative or post-traumatic etiology, secondary to stenosis of the external auditory canal or, very rarely idiopathic (spontaneous or primary). Clinically, Primary external auditory canal cholesteatoma presents with nonspecific symptoms but many patients can be silent or even asymptomatic. We are presenting a case of spontaneous EACC extending in attic and mastoid treated surgically by canal wall down mastoidectomy with meatoplasty


Keywords: Cholesteatoma, External Auditory Canal, Spontaneous, EACC


Edition: Volume 4 Issue 3, March 2015,


Pages: 485 - 487


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Ajitha Kumara, Sambandan A. P., "A Case of Spontaneous External Auditory Canal Cholesteatoma", International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Volume 4 Issue 3, March 2015, pp. 485-487, https://www.ijsr.net/get_abstract.php?paper_id=SUB152071

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