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Posttraumatic Cholesteatoma Complicated by a Facial Paralysis: A Case Report

The posttraumatic cholesteatoma is a rare complication of different types of the temporal bone damage. Its diagnosis is often done after several years of evolution, sometimes even at the stage of complications. A case of posttraumatic cholesteatoma is presented that was revealed by a facial nerve pa...

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Autores principales: Chihani, M., Aljalil, A., Touati, M., Bouaity, B., Ammar, H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22953104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/262958
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Aljalil, A.
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Ammar, H.
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description The posttraumatic cholesteatoma is a rare complication of different types of the temporal bone damage. Its diagnosis is often done after several years of evolution, sometimes even at the stage of complications. A case of posttraumatic cholesteatoma is presented that was revealed by a facial nerve paralysis 23 years after a crash of the external auditory canal underlining the importance of the otoscopic and radiological regular monitoring of the patients with a traumatism of the temporal bone.
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spelling pubmed-34204522012-09-05 Posttraumatic Cholesteatoma Complicated by a Facial Paralysis: A Case Report Chihani, M. Aljalil, A. Touati, M. Bouaity, B. Ammar, H. Case Rep Otolaryngol Case Report The posttraumatic cholesteatoma is a rare complication of different types of the temporal bone damage. Its diagnosis is often done after several years of evolution, sometimes even at the stage of complications. A case of posttraumatic cholesteatoma is presented that was revealed by a facial nerve paralysis 23 years after a crash of the external auditory canal underlining the importance of the otoscopic and radiological regular monitoring of the patients with a traumatism of the temporal bone. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3420452/ /pubmed/22953104 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/262958 Text en Copyright © 2012 M. Chihani et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Posttraumatic Cholesteatoma Complicated by a Facial Paralysis: A Case Report
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