title: [DNA character of the cholesteatoma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the DNA character with in cholesteatoma tissues with that in normal skin.
  
  
  METHODS
  DNA content within 25 cholesteatoma tissues and 10 normal postauricular skin was measured with flow cytometry.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The content of cholesteatoma tissues and postauricular skin specimens are a normal euploid. The cell number during S phase of cholesteatoma (10.9 +/- 2.32)% was higher than that in normal skin(7.31 +/- 2.82)%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the cholesteatoma has a very high proliferating character, the result suggest it isn' t a malignant tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D018424:Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D004247:DNA