Giant Petrous Bone Cholesteatoma: Combined Microscopic Surgery and an Adjuvant Endoscopic Approach

Abstract Petrous bone cholesteatomas (PBCs) are epidermoid cysts, which have developed in the petrous portion of the temporal bone and may be congenital or acquired. Cholesteatomas arising in this region have a tendency to invade bone and functional structures and the middle and posterior fossae rea...

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Main Authors: Giannicola Iannella, Ersilia Savastano, Benedetta Pasquariello, Massimo Re, Giuseppe Magliulo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2016-03-01
Series:Journal of Neurological Surgery Reports
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0035-1571205