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Cas 2236

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Speciality : Orl

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Clinical case : man : 60 years

History : @ 60 year old man for a long time having a mixed deafness (perception and transmission) of the left ear and giddinesses. Since two weeks, appearance of a peripheral facial paralysis. A CT centered on the rock is carried out.

Diagnosis : @ ACQUIRED cholesteatoma A NOT STARTING ANTRAL, DESTROYING COMPLETELY CHAINS OSSICULAIRE AND EXTENDING TOWARDS THE AUDITORY CANAL INTERNS IN INSIDE AND TOWARDS THE TEMPORAL PIT ABOVE.

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Diagnosis comments : @ The cholesteatoma (keratoma )representent one of the complications of the chronic otitises. They are serious affected because of the destructive potential etlytic by contiguity of these processes. The elective sites of destruction are high tegmen (risk of meningitis, cerebral abscess) towards the auditory canal intern(attack of the VII and the VIII) towards the external semicircular channel (labyrinthian risk of dent).

MeSH keys : EAR, DISEASES| EAR, CT| EAR, NEOPLASMS

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Comments :
@ CT, axial cut passing by the low part of the auditory canal interns (open arrow): aspect condensed of the cells mastoid (head of F toadyism),translating a past otitic some.

Compression mode : GROSS

Picture's date or number : 03/07/96

Comments :
@ CT, axial cut passing by the average part of the auditory canal interns (fecheouverte): destruction of the bottom of the auditory canal interns with loss of the covering relief of the sickle-shaped peak (curved arrows). No the osteolysis of cortical of the external semicircular channel (head of arrow).

Compression mode : GROSS

Picture's date or number : 03/07/96

Comments :
@ CT, axial cut passing by the high part of the auditory canal interns:osteolysis roof of the auditory canal interns (arrow curves) making communicate the auditory canal interns with the average temporal pit. Total opacity of the pro tympanum, the additus, the cave (small arrows). The ossicles are not visible any more.

Compression mode : GROSS

Picture's date or number : 03/07/96

Comments :
@ CT, cut coronale passing by the wall dela small box (head of arrow): opacity antral with destruction of the roof of the drum of the ear (tegmen tympani) putting in communication the middle ear ave endo cranium.

Compression mode : GROSS

Picture's date or number : 03/07/96

Comments :
@ CT, cut coronale passing by the external semicircular channel (open arrow):thinning of the tegmen (head of arrow).Lyse of the bottom of the auditory canal interns and disappearance of the sickle-shaped peak.

Compression mode : GROSS

Picture's date or number : 03/07/96


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