Congenital cholesteatoma

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 398-403

  Kazahaya, Ken ^a,b   Potsic, William P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesteatoma; Conductive hearing loss; Congenital cholesteatoma; Etiology; Management; Staging; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEATOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; EARDRUM PERFORATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MASTOIDECTOMY; OTORRHEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4644366574     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.moo.0000136875.41630.d6     Document Type: Review

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