People with long standing fluid in the ear can develop cholesteatoma. This is a skin lined sack that is pulled into the middle ear by negative pressure.

Cholesteatoma is an abnormal growth in your middle ear behind your eardrum. It can be congenital (present from birth), but typically happens because you have chronic ear infections. The most common symptom is a smelly discharge from your ear, but the condition can also cause hearing loss and dizziness. Treatment is surgery to remove the growth.

2018年4月27日 · A cholesteatoma is a noncancerous skin growth in the middle section of your ear, behind the eardrum. It can be a birth defect or result from repeated middle ear infections. It can affect your...

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Attic retraction pocket cholesteatoma is clearly visualized (white arrow). There has been significant bone erosion of the ear canal wall above the eardrum. Skin material often …

2024年9月2日 · A Cholesteatoma is a cyst or sac that exfoliates layers of old skin in the middle ear. As these dead skin cells build up, the growth may get bigger and eventually break the middle ear's delicate bones. Understand the Cholesteatoma meaning along with the treatment, surgery procedure, symptoms, causes, pictures and more.

Cholesteatoma of the eardrum, otoscope view. This condition is known as an attic cholesteatoma, where a mass of dead skin cells has accumulated in an attic retraction pocket. An attic retraction pocket is where the tympanic membrane (eardrum) has retracted in the region surrounding the top of the malleus (hammer) bone.

In this image, the view along the external ear canal shows a large cholesteatoma (white mass on left superior to the short process of the malleus), resulting in a perforation of the tympanic membrane.

This image shows a large cholesteatoma (arrow) that caused a hole (perforation) in the eardrum (tympanic membrane). PROFESSOR TONY WRIGHT, INSTITUTE OF LARYNGOLOGY & …

This image shows a large cholesteatoma (arrow) that caused a hole (perforation) in the eardrum (tympanic membrane).