RT Book, Section
A1 Chang, C. Y. Joseph
A2 Lalwani, Anil K.
SR Print(0)
ID 1169079559
T1 Cholesteatoma
T2 Current Diagnosis & Treatment Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, 4e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071847643
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1169079559
RD 2024/04/24
AB ESSENTIALS  OF  DIAGNOSISSquamous  epithelium  in  the  middle  ear  or  mastoid.Otorrhea  and  conductive  hearing  loss.Retraction  of  the  tympanic  membrane  (TM)  with  a  squamous  debris  collection  or  a  whitish  mass  behind  an  intact  TM  or  perforation.Testing  includes  computed  tomography  (CT)  scanning,  which  can  be  useful  in  delineating  disease  extent  but  is  not  critical  to  making  a  diagnosis  in  most  cases,  and  magnetic  resonance  imaging  (MRI)  with  nonechoplanar  diffusion-weighted  imaging,  which  can  differentiate  cholesteatoma  from  other  tissues  and  fluid.