Cholesteatoma is characterised by the aberrant proliferation of keratinising squamous epithelium within the middle ear and mastoid, leading to local bone erosion, hearing impairment and potential ...

The young girl from Montana in the north of Pretoria who underwent a mastoidectomy last year, will have to undergo another operation this year. Only after four months of recovery when Larochelle Bam ...

Dr. Keith Roach writes a medical question-and-answer column weekdays. Dear Dr. Roach: I have recently been diagnosed with a cholesteatoma in one ear, which has resulted in significant hearing loss.

A cholesteatoma is where there is an abnormal extension of skin into the middle ear and mastoid air spaces. Unrecognised and untreated complications include facial nerve weakness, vestibular ...

A cholesteatoma is an abnormal skin growth that can develop in the middle ear. It usually begins as a collection of dead skin cells and develops into a cyst-like pocket behind the eardrum. It can ...

This 16-year-old man had presented with otorrhoea in his right ear twice in the previous nine months. On both occasions he had been diagnosed with otitis externa and treated with topical gentamicin ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have recently been diagnosed with a cholesteatoma in one ear, which has resulted in significant hearing loss. How common is this condition? I have been advised that surgery is my ...