Open AccessTubotympanic cholesteatoma
Author(s) -
Darshini Nagarajah,
Mohd Khairi Md Daud,
Nur Syazwani Mohd Salehuddin,
Nik Adilah Nik Othman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
malaysian family physician
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.207
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1985-2274
pISSN - 1985-207X
DOI - 10.51866/cr1136
Subject(s) - chronic suppurative otitis media , cholesteatoma , medicine , perforation , middle ear , surgery , engineering , mechanical engineering , punching
Chronic suppurative otitis media is defined as a chronic inflammation of the mucoperiosteal lining of the middle ear cleft. It is described as a persistent disease that is insidious in onset, often capable of causing severe destruction with irreversible sequelae, and clinically present with hearing loss and discharge. It has been classified into tubotympanic (safe) and atticoantral (unsafe) perforation. Cholesteatoma always occur in the atticoantral type and in marginal perforation. We report a case of cholesteatoma that occurred as a tubotympanic type of perforation.