Mastoid cholesteatoma: a result of metaplasia.

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

ENT Department, Victoria Hospital, Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, # 716, 10th Cross, 5th Main, M.C. Layout, Vijayangar, Bangalore, 560 040 Karnataka India.

Published: December 2013

Presence of cholesteatoma in the middle ear of the patients with chronic mucosal otitis media has been reported in the literature. But presence of cholesteatoma only in the mastoid, in the absence of cholesteatoma in the middle ear of a patient with chronic mucosal otitis media, is not reported in the literature. In this article three cases of mastoid cholesteatoma, in patients with a clinical picture of chronic mucosal otitis media is reported along with the literature review.

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