The researchers showed how bone erosion caused by cholesteatoma occurs. This study showed that a subset of cells called osteoclastogenic fibroblasts expresses a protein, activin A, which causes the ...

Chronic inflammation of the middle ear can cause several problems and complications that can affect a person’s hearing and balance. One such problem is the formation of a cholesteatoma, which is an ...

Inflammation of the middle ear is often triggered a cholesteatoma, an aggressive form of chronic otitis media. In order to detect cholesteatomas and bacterial biofilms and to remove them safely, the ...

Cholesteatoma and tympanic membrane perforation are associated with dementia, and the associations are attenuated with ...

A mastoidectomy is a type of surgical procedure on a part of the temporal bone called the mastoid. Doctors typically recommend the procedure to treat conditions called mastoiditis and cholesteatoma.

The microscope will initially be tested in the treatment of cholesteatoma—an inflammation of the middle ear. This illustration shows the surgical exposure of a cholesteatoma. Picture: Holger Sudhoff ...