Cholesteatomas appear as regions of soft tissue attenuation exerting mass effect and resulting in bony erosion.
Attic cholesteatoma ct.
A cholesteatoma is an abnormal skin growth that can develop in the middle ear.
Extensive holotympanic acquired cholesteatoma was the most common found in 32 14 of patients followed by attic cholesteatoma found in 28 6 of patients.
It usually begins as a collection of dead skin cells and develops into a cyst like pocket behind the eardrum.
Findings are characteristic of an acquired cholesteatoma.
As the cholesteatoma fills the aditus ad antrum the adjacent lateral semicircular canal is at risk.
Ct is the modality of choice for diagnostic assessment of cholesteatomas due to its ability to demonstrate the bony anatomy of the temporal bone in exquisite detail.
Upon reaching the posterolateral wall of the attic further expansion of the cholesteatoma is deflected superiorly toward the aditus ad antrum and mastoid antrum.
Table 2 location and extant of cholesteatoma.
Table 2shows the location of cholesteatoma.