title: A review of the definition, terminology and pathology of aural cholesteatoma.
abstract: Despite a considerable amount of discussion and research in the course of many years, aural cholesteatoma has remained a matter of controversy. This review concerns only the definition, terminology and pathology of this common and severe disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferlito
mesh_terms: D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002784:Cholesterol; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol