Presentation
Hearing loss on the left side.
Patient Data
Age: 20 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Cholesteatoma
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Total opacification of middle ear cavity, filling the epitympanic recess, facial recess, and sinus tympani, as well as round and oval window niches
Ossicular chain resorption
Widening of aditus ad antrum and formation of a common cavity between epitympanum and aditus
Opacified Eustachian tube
Intact tegmen tympani
Mastoidectomy.
Case Discussion
The typical appearance of a cholesteatoma, with resorption of the ossicular chain of the middle ear.