title: [Cholesteatoma and chronic tubal middle ear infection in children. A 10 year overview].
abstract: Over a 10-year period we observed 99 cholesteatomas. In 62% the cholesteatomas lay in the epitympanum, in 18% they lay behind an intact tympanic membrane, and in 18% in the posterior-superior portion of the pars tensa. There were 2 cases of iatrogenic cholesteatoma following insertion of ventilation tubes. In the same period we saw 1229 children suffering from chronic serous otitis media (SOM). A total of 1918 ventilation tubes were inserted in 856 children with SOM, so that the incidence of iatrogenic cholesteatomas is extremely low at 0.1%. Our findings indicate that cholesteatomas in the posterior-superior portion of the pars tensa are more often caused by disturbed ventilation due to SOM than are epitympanic cholesteatomas. Furthermore myringotomy and ventilation tube insertion is not only a means of treating SOM, but it can also reveal a hidden cholesteatoma. Long-term follow-up of children treated for SOM is necessary in order to recognise cholesteatomas and adhesive processes at an early stage.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-HNO-Klinik Kiel.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mertens
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schwenk
mesh_terms: D000233:Adenoidectomy; D002648:Child; D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008876:Middle Ear Ventilation; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Cholesteatom und chronischer Tubenmittelohrkatarrh bei Kindern. Ein Zehnjahresüberblick.