Concept information
Preferred term
Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Aural Cholesteatoma
- Aural Cholesteatomas
- Cholesteatoma, Aural
- Cholesteatomas, Aural
- Middle Ear Cholesteatoma
Scope note
- A mass of KERATIN-producing squamous EPITHELIUM that resembles an inverted (suck-in) bag of skin in the MIDDLE EAR. It arises from the eardrum (TYMPANIC MEMBRANE) and grows into the MIDDLE EAR causing erosion of EAR OSSICLES and MASTOID that contains the INNER EAR.
History note
- 95
In other languages
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Finnish
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cholesteatoma
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cholesteatoma auris mediae
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kolesteatooma
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mellanörekolesteatom
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välikorvan helmiäinen
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välikorvan helmiäiskasvama
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018424
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