CASE REPORT Primary Cholesteatoma within the Stenotic Ear Canal: Report of two Cases, one with Extra-Temporal Complications
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We herewith report 2 patients with congenital aural stenosis who developed cholesteatoma related to the external ear canal (EEC) stenosis. One of the cases, had previously undergone craniotomy for intracranial complication of the disease, and also had postauricular fistula, whereas in the second patient it was silent and confined within the relatively enlarged stenotic ear canal in front of a rudimentary tympanic membrane.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009