Bilateral congenital cholesteatoma: a cause or result of chronic otitis media with effusion?
Bilateral congenital cholesteatoma in children is unusual, and our experience with a case arising in a 6-year-old boy is described. Various theories of the origin of this disease are briefly reviewed. The possibility that this entity may be more common than previously realized, and its relationship to eustachian tube obstruction and middle ear effusions, are also discussed.
Department of Otolaryngology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
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RS
Litman
S C
SC
Parisier
S A
SA
Hausman
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Sher
D002648:Child; D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000209:etiology; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000209:etiology; D004432:Ear, Middle; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000150:complications*