title: [Cholesterol granulomatous tympano-mastoiditis].
abstract: In order to investigate the early diagnosis and proper management of the cholesterol granulomatous tympanomastoiditis, 6 cases verified by pathology and surgery were reviewed. All of these cases had a longterm or a historical otitis media. Among them, different clinical features were presented, such as chronic serous otitis media, idiopathic blue eardrum, or as a primary occupying lesion of the middle ear. Depend on the extension of the disease, surgical procedure varied in the 6 cases, including exploratory tympanotomy, ventilation tube insertion, antroatticotomy, simple mastoidectomy, and radical mastoidectomy. Postoperative follow up for at least one--7 year showed no recurrence, and hearing improvement in 5 cases. The clinical basis of the diagnosis and management of this disease were also discussed.
authors.affiliation: First Hospital, Beijing Medical University.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002784:Cholesterol; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008417:Mastoiditis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol