title: Posttraumatic cholesteatoma complicated by a facial paralysis: a case report.
abstract: The posttraumatic cholesteatoma is a rare complication of different types of the temporal bone damage. Its diagnosis is often done after several years of evolution, sometimes even at the stage of complications. A case of posttraumatic cholesteatoma is presented that was revealed by a facial nerve paralysis 23 years after a crash of the external auditory canal underlining the importance of the otoscopic and radiological regular monitoring of the patients with a traumatism of the temporal bone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Avicenna Military Hospital, Marrakesh 40000, Morocco.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chihani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aljalil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Touati
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bouaity
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ammar