Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research
A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF MANAGEMENT OF PAEDIATRIC CHOLESTEATOMA
Dr.Shikha Singh , Dr.Sachi Shahare , Dr.Ashwini Mastud , Dr.Sanjay Chhabria
JCDR. 2023: 474-490
Abstract
Introduction: Chronic otitis media (COM) is an inflammatory process in the middle ear cleft that results in permanent changes in the tympanic membrane including atelectasis, dimer formation, tympanosclerosis, retraction pocket development, or cholesteatoma. There is variable involvement of ossicular chain. Chronic otitis media results from long-term eustachian tube dysfunction with a poorly aerated middle-ear space, multiple bouts of acute otitis media, chronic otitis media with effusion and persistent middle ear infections.
» PDF