Surgery of cholesteatoma in children.
Cholesteatoma is usually very extensive in children. There are two possible explanations: the speed of tissue growth and the degree of infection and inflammation brought by the Eustachian tube. The cholesteatoma develops rapidly in a pneumatized mastoid which it takes by surprise. All these factors explain the extensive, finger-like shape taken by cholesteatoma in children.
Clinique Universitaire O.R.L du C.H.U de Grenoble.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000601:surgery*; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery; D008722:Methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D013524:Surgical Flaps