title: Diagnosis and Management of Cholesteatomas in Dogs.
abstract: Surgical intervention of aural cholesteatomas in dogs can be curative. Imaging findings include a soft tissue density in the middle ear and destruction of the bone of the bulla with characteristics of an aggressive lesion. Dogs with early stage disease have a better outcome than those with chronic disease, temporal bone involvement and neurologic signs. Dogs with recurrent disease can be reoperated or managed medically with long-term resolution or palliation of clinical signs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Veterinary Health Complex, 1052 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA. Electronic address: marije_risselada@ncsu.edu.
authors.forename: Marije
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Risselada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018424:Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D012008:Recurrence
keywords: Cholesteatoma; Diagnosis; Imaging; Middle ear; Surgical management