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cholesteatoma
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cholesteatoma [kə‚les·tē·ə′tō·mə]
(medicine)
An epidermal inclusion cyst of the middle ear, or mastoid bone, sometimes in the external ear canal, brain, or spinal cord. Also known as pearly tumor.
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The differential diagnosis of a white mass includes a congenital or acquired cholesteatoma, middle ear tympanosclerosis, a cartilage graft, an osteoma of the ossicular chain, and a foreign body (e.
White mass in the middle ear by Semaan, Maroun T.; Fayad, Jose N. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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