286 Two patients who had been previously treated with radical mastoidectomy procedure were found to have an abnormal small cavity due to a soft, tumor like tissue obstructing the entrance of mastoidectomy cavity on follow-up examination. These tissues were easily perforated by simple instrumentation and observed to be an epithelium with varying thickness. Histologic examination revealed granula...

OBJECTIVE To determine the construct validity of cadaveric temporal bones in mastoidectomy training. STUDY DESIGN A prospective observational study. METHODS Trainees from the North London otolaryngology training program performed step-wise modified radical mastoidectomy on cadaveric temporal bones under faculty supervision. Performance was assessed using a validated mastoidectomy assessment...

Background: Cholesteatomas are benign destructive lesions of the temporal bone that may lead to life-threatening complications. Objectives: This study described clinical and surgical characteristics chronic otitis media patients with acquired middle ear cholesteatoma. Methods: Among 1790 detected during almost 10 years, 449 suffered from The features data were investigated. Results: patients, (...

INTRODUCTION Gradenigo's syndrome is nowadays a rare condition characterized by a triad of otorrhea, facial pain with trigeminal nerve involvement and abducens nerve palsy. Most cases are caused by medial extension of acute otitis media into a pneumatized petrous apex and surgical drainage is usually the treatment of choice. We present a case highlighting the pathological mechanism of this dise...

The authors present a case of cholesteatoma of external auditory canal (CEAC) with extensive invasion of mastoid; ossicle chain and tympanic membrane remained intact. The only symptom was chronic otorrhea. Diagnosis was based on clinical elements and CT scan was used to measure pathology and program surgery. Treatment was modified radical mastoidectomy associated with meatoplasty. Due to the in...

AIM  To describe to the new generation of otologists the origins of mastoidectomy as well as the difficulties our predecessors encountered and the solutions they devised to improve otologic surgery. METHOD  Retrospective literature review-based study. RESULTS  Before the mid-19th century, mastoidectomy was performed only sporadically and in most cases as a desperate attempt to save the live...

Lemierre's syndrome is a rare clinical condition that generally develops secondary to oropharyngeal infection caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum, which is an anaerobic bacteria. A 62-year-old patient with diabetes mellitus presented with internal jugular vein and sigmoid sinus-transverse sinus thrombophlebitis, accompanying otitis media and mastoiditis that developed after an upper airway infe...

Abstract Background Cholesteatoma is an atticoantral disease that potentially causes life-threatening complications. Therefore, canal wall down mastoidectomy a well-established technique to eradicate the disease, especially in extensive cholesteatoma. Aim To evaluate status of dry ear and hearing outcome post-retrograde mastoidectomy. Methods A retrospective study patients with cholesteatoma wh...