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. 2024 Oct 6;196(33):E1147-E1148.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.240072.

Acquired cholesteatoma

Daniel Newsted  1 , Munir Demir Bajin  1 , Peng You  2
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Acquired cholesteatoma

Daniel Newsted et al. CMAJ. .
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Competing interests:: None declared.

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Figure 1:
Pictures taken at otoscopy of right ear representing (A) normal anatomy right tympanic membrane; (B) tympanic membrane with retraction of pars flaccida and cholesteatoma seen in the anterior, superior quadrant; and (C) tympanic membrane with erosion of scutum, retraction of pars flaccida, and perforation with cholesteatoma. Yellow star = manubrium of the malleus, yellow arrow = pars flaccida, blue arrow = cholesteatoma.
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