Diagnosis and Treatment of Congenital Cholesteatoma in Temporal Bone with Facial Paralysis
MA Huimin
CHEN Zhibin
ZHOU Han
ZHAO Xiaonian
LI Fangli
XING Guangqian
Abstract：Objective To study the diagnosis and the treatment of temporal bone congenital cholesteatoma with facial paralysis. Methods The clinical data of 7 patients treated in our department between April 2001 and April 2014 were re-viewed. Results All the 7 patients recovered well without postoperative complications. There is no sign of recurrence of cho-lesteatoma during the 2 months to 14 years follow-up. Facial nerve function was completely recovered in 3 patients, partially improved in 2 patients, and showed no obvious improvement in 2 patients. As for hearing function, 5 patients ended up with total deafness in the affected ear, of whom 3 were diagnosed with dead labyrinth before surgery and 2 received partial labyrin-thectomy due to inner ear invasion of cholesteatoma. In the other 2 patients, hearing improved by 15 dB in 1 patient and re-mained unchangeable in the other postoperatively. Conclusions Early detection is the key to lower incidence of facial paraly-sis in temporal bone congenital cholesteatoma and to obtain satisfactory postoperative outcomes.
Keywords：CholesteatomaCongenitalFacial paralysisSurgical operation
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 412-414 )