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Cholsteatoma Flashcards

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What is cholsteatoma?

A

Locally destructive expansion of stratified sqaumous epithelium within the middle ear

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What are the classifications of cholsteatoma?

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Congenital

Acquired

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What are the acquired causes of cholsteatoma?

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Secondary to attic perforation in chronic suppurative OM

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How does cholesteatoma present?

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Foul smelling white discharge
Headache
Pain
CN involvement

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What symptoms might result from CN involvement in cholsteatoma?

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Vertigo
Deafness
Facial paralysis

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What is found on examination in cholsteatoma?

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Appears pearly white with surrounding inflammation

what appears pearly white? who knows not me

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What are the complications of cholsteatoma?

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Deafness
Meningitis
Cerebral abscess

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How can cholsteatoma cause deafness?

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Ossicle destruction

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How is cholsteatoma managed?

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Surgery

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