Cholesterol granuloma of the tympanic membrane presenting as a blue eardrum

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 585-587

  Jang, Chul Ho ^a,b   Kim, Jun Sung ^a   Cho, Yong Bum ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Chosun Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cholesterol granuloma; Tympanic membrane

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE EARDRUM; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL GRANULOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEAD EAR; DISEASE COURSE; EAR DISEASE; EARDRUM DISEASE; GRANULOMA; HEARING LOSS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOMICROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR VOLUME; TYMPANOMASTOIDECTOMY;

ADULT; CHOLESTEROL; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; MALE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 70449713741     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2009.50.4.585     Document Type: Article

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