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Mode of growth of acquired cholesteatoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Meher D. Wells*
Affiliation:
Department of Histopathology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, Institute of Laryngology and Otology, London.
L. Michaels
Affiliation:
Department of Histopathology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, Institute of Laryngology and Otology, London.
*
Mrs M. D. Wells, M.D., F.R.C.S., Consultant ENT Surgeon, The William Harvey Hospital, Kennington Road, Willesborough, Kent TN24 0LZ.

Abstract

A histopathological study of acquired cholesteatoma in four temporal bones from two adults and one child is presented. The findings suggest that the cholesteatoma originated from the retraction pockets of the tympanic membrane and there was active growth of the squamous epithelium of the retraction pockets, which may be enhanced in the presence of otitis media.

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Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1991

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