title: Primary cholesteatoma of the mastoid presenting as cervical abscess.
abstract: Primary cholesteatoma has been described in a number of sites within the temporal bone. We report an unusual case of primary cholesteatoma, confined to the mastoid, presenting with Bezold's abscess of the anterior cervical triangle, in an otherwise asymptomatic elderly man with normal hearing.
authors.affiliation: Beaumont Hospital, Lancaster.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: el-Kholy
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Cherry
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008416:Mastoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography