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Abstract
A mass of KERATIN-producing squamous EPITHELIUM that resembles an inverted (suck-in) bag of skin in the MIDDLE EAR. It arises from the eardrum (TYMPANIC MEMBRANE) and grows into the MIDDLE EAR causing erosion of EAR OSSICLES and MASTOID that contains the INNER EAR.
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- Aural Cholesteatoma
- Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear
- Aural Cholesteatomas
- Cholesteatoma, Aural
- Cholesteatomas, Aural
- Cholesteatomas, Middle Ear
- Middle Ear Cholesteatomas
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- Cholesteatoma (1966-1994)
- Ear Diseases (1966-1994)
- Ear, Middle (1966-1994)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Middle Ear Cholesteatoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018424. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018424
- Middle Ear Cholesteatoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3887116