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Preferred term

Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

  • Aural Cholesteatoma
  • Middle Ear Cholesteatoma

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-ZFH7P5R7-0

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