CHOLESTEATOMA IN CHILDREN

Authors
Citation
Kcy. Sie, CHOLESTEATOMA IN CHILDREN, The Pediatric clinics of North America, 43(6), 1996, pp. 1245
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
ISSN journal
00313955
Volume
43
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-3955(1996)43:6<1245:CIC>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Cholesteatoma refers to the presence of keratinizing squamous epitheli um in the middle ear, mastoid, or petrous bone. This histologically be nign lesion can erode bone, causing hearing loss, disequilibrium, faci al nerve palsy, venous thrombosis, and intracranial infection. There a re two main types of cholesteatoma: congenital and acquired. Cholestea toma in children can pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges for th e clinician. The pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic ev aluation, and management of children with these lesions are discussed.