Attic Retraction Pocket Cholesteatoma
There has been significant bone erosion of the ear canal wall above the eardrum.
Attic retraction pocket cholesteatoma. January 4 2020 by zamira leave a comment. 8 august 2008 a retraction pocket seen in the attic or posterosuperior quadrant of a tympanic membrane is the hallmark of an acquired cholesteatoma. Skin material often accumulates in this pocket and becomes infected causing drainage and potential severe complications. Specialized diagnoses of cholesteatoma.
1 attic retraction pocket cholesteatoma is clearly visualized white arrow. Often there is an accumulation of squamous debris within the pocket. Retraction pockets and attic cholesteatoma. In cholesteatoma first international conference.
Situations that arise at surgery cholesteatoma diagnosing the unsafe ear cholesteatoma case photo education 12 2 123 000 140m top 1 154 4 900. Cholesteatoma case photo education dallas ear insute. Stratified squamous epithelium may also be present in the middle ear as other clinical or pathological entities such as metaplastic islands of the mucosa. Clinical practice cholesteatoma diagnosing the unsafe ear 634 reprinted from australian family physician vol.
Audiometry to check the level of hearing impairment whether it is only of the outer ear or in the advanced stages of the inner ear. This is differentiated from an infected retraction pocket of the pars tensa or a retraction pocket cholesteatoma. The significance of the retraction pocket in the treatment of cholesteatoma. Attic retraction pocket cholesteatoma.
Incidence of attic retraction after staged intact canal wall tympanoplasty for middle ear cholesteatoma.