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C'''holesteatoma''' is a [[head and neck pathology]] [[ditzel]]. | |||
==General== | |||
*Squamous epithelium in the middle ear - leading to accumulation of keratinaceous debris.<ref>URL: [http://www.harrisonspractice.com/practice/ub/view/Harrisons%20Practice/141015/all/otitis_media_and_mastoiditis http://www.harrisonspractice.com/practice/ub/view/Harrisons%20Practice/141015/all/otitis_media_and_mastoiditis]. Accessed on: 16 March 2011.</ref> | |||
**''Keratosis obturans'' - accumulation in the external ear canal - is considered to be a different process;<ref>{{cite journal |author=Piepergerdes MC, Kramer BM, Behnke EE |title=Keratosis obturans and external auditory canal cholesteatoma |journal=Laryngoscope |volume=90 |issue=3 |pages=383–91 |year=1980 |month=March |pmid=7359960 |doi= |url=}}</ref> though some consider it a synonym.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Shire JR, Donegan JO |title=Cholesteatoma of the external auditory canal and keratosis obturans |journal=Am J Otol |volume=7 |issue=5 |pages=361–4 |year=1986 |month=September |pmid=3538893 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
*The etiology is ''not'' well understood.<ref name=pmid20860924>{{Cite journal | last1 = Nevoux | first1 = J. | last2 = Lenoir | first2 = M. | last3 = Roger | first3 = G. | last4 = Denoyelle | first4 = F. | last5 = Ducou Le Pointe | first5 = H. | last6 = Garabédian | first6 = EN. | title = Childhood cholesteatoma. | journal = Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis | volume = 127 | issue = 4 | pages = 143-50 | month = Sep | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1016/j.anorl.2010.07.001 | PMID = 20860924 }}</ref><ref name=pmid20156369>{{Cite journal | last1 = Louw | first1 = L. | title = Acquired cholesteatoma pathogenesis: stepwise explanations. | journal = J Laryngol Otol | volume = 124 | issue = 6 | pages = 587-93 | month = Jun | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1017/S0022215109992763 | PMID = 20156369 }}</ref> | |||
**Theories include migration/hyperplasia, and metaplasia.<ref name=pmid20156369/> | |||
*Rarely transforms into [[squamous cell carcinoma]].<ref name=pmid19563937>{{Cite journal | last1 = Rothschild | first1 = S. | last2 = Ciernik | first2 = IF. | last3 = Hartmann | first3 = M. | last4 = Schuknecht | first4 = B. | last5 = Lütolf | first5 = UM. | last6 = Huber | first6 = AM. | title = Cholesteatoma triggering squamous cell carcinoma: case report and literature review of a rare tumor. | journal = Am J Otolaryngol | volume = 30 | issue = 4 | pages = 256-60 | month = | year = | doi = 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.06.011 | PMID = 19563937 }}</ref><ref name=pmid15699729>{{Cite journal | last1 = Takahashi | first1 = K. | last2 = Yamamoto | first2 = Y. | last3 = Sato | first3 = K. | last4 = Sato | first4 = Y. | last5 = Takahashi | first5 = S. | title = Middle ear carcinoma originating from a primary acquired cholesteatoma: a case report. | journal = Otol Neurotol | volume = 26 | issue = 1 | pages = 105-8 | month = Jan | year = 2005 | doi = | PMID = 15699729 }}</ref> | |||
===Classification=== | |||
May be subdivided into:<ref name=pmid20860924/> | |||
*Acquired - due to trauma, surgery or infection. | |||
*Congenital. | |||
==Gross== | |||
*Whitish mass in the middle ear.<ref name=pmid23217274>{{Cite journal | last1 = Al Balushi | first1 = T. | last2 = Naik | first2 = JZ. | last3 = Al Khabori | first3 = M. | title = Congenital cholesteatoma in identical twins. | journal = J Laryngol Otol | volume = 127 | issue = 1 | pages = 67-9 | month = Jan | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1017/S0022215112002757 | PMID = 23217274 }}</ref> | |||
Image: | |||
<gallery> | |||
Image:Cholesteatom_kuppelraum_1a.jpg | Cholesteatoma. (WC) | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Microscopic== | |||
Features:<ref name=pmid1694387>{{cite journal |author=Iino Y, Toriyama M, Ohmi S, Kanegasaki S |title=Activation of peritoneal macrophages with human cholesteatoma debris and alpha-keratin |journal=Acta Otolaryngol. |volume=109 |issue=5-6 |pages=444–9 |year=1990 |pmid=1694387 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
*Keratinaceous debris - '''key feature'''. | |||
*Squamous epithelium. | |||
*Macrophages +/- giant cell (containing keratinceous debris). | |||
*Chronic inflammation (lymphocytes). | |||
DDx: | |||
*Cholesterol granuloma.<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case273/dx.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case273/dx.html]. Accessed on: 14 January 2012.</ref> | |||
*[[Squamous cell carcinoma]].<ref name=pmid19563937/> | |||
==Sign out== | |||
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SOFT TISSUE (CHOLESTEATOMA), SITE NOT FURTHER SPECIFIED, REMOVAL: | |||
- KERATINACEOUS DEBRIS, COMPATIBLE WITH CHOLESTEATOMA. | |||
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<pre> | |||
Soft tissue, left ear ("left ear keratosis"), excision: | |||
- Keratinaceous debris, squamous epithelium and bone (consistent with cholesteatoma). | |||
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TISSUE ("CHOLESTEATOMA"), LEFT, REMOVAL: | |||
- KERATINACEOUS DEBRIS AND GIANT CELLS, COMPATIBLE WITH CHOLESTEATOMA. | |||
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==See also== | |||
*[[Ditzels]]. | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist|1}} | |||
[[Category:Diagnosis]] | [[Category:Diagnosis]] | ||
[[Category:Ditzels]] | |||