title: [Post-traumatic cholesteatoma of the ear: medicolegal aspect].
abstract: Post-traumatic cholesteatomas pose the medicolegal problem of determining the causal link between trauma and cholesteatoma. The author reports on an observation of an antro-attical cholesteatoma that occurred ten years after a fracture of the pars petrosa. The pathogeny of the different types of post-traumatic cholesteatoma is discussed. From a study of the literature, it is possible to distinguish between cholesteatomas of the external auditory canal which are revealed relatively soon after the trauma (less than 5 years), and cholesteatomas of the middle ear that can be revealed more than 10 years after the trauma.
authors.affiliation: C.H.U. Nantes, Service ORL, Nantes, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bordure
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Legent
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beauvillain
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Calais
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Launay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Les cholestéatomes post-traumatiques de l'oreille: intérêt médico-légal.