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Cholesteatoma following stapedectomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

N. P. Von Haacke
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Edinburgh, The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh.
Janet A. Wilson
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Edinburgh, The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh.
J. A. M. Murray
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Edinburgh, The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh.
E. Duvall
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh.

Abstract

Among the possible complications of stapedectomy for otosclerosis, cholesteatoma is extremely rare. We report a case which was secondary to implantation of keratinising squamous epithelium inadvertantly included in the fat graft taken from the ear lobe'to seal the footplate.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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