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Title
Subarcuate supralabyrinthine approach for supralabyrinthine petrosal cholesteatoma
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Abstract
Congenital cholesteatomas of the petrosal apex account for 1% to 3% of all cholesteatomas and often present an important surgical challenge. This report describes an exceptional case of a "nondestructive" translabyrinthine surgical approach to a large congenital petrosal cholesteatoma that threatened the vestibulum, superior semicircular canal, facial nerve, and internal auditory canal. We applied a nonconventional transmastoid subarcuate supralabyrinthine approach in a 20-year-old patient by accessing the lesion through the center of the superior semicircular arch without damaging the integrity of the canal. This led to a complete removal of the petrosal cholesteatoma with preservation of hearing and vestibular function. Follow-up imaging performed I and 2 years after operation by means of non-echo-planar diffusion-weighted imaging did not show residual cholesteatoma. This report describes the first successful use of a subarcuate supralabyrinthine approach through the arches of the superior semicircular canal in a case of petrosal cholesteatoma.
Language
English
Source (journal)
The annals of otology, rhinology and laryngology. - St. Louis, Mo., 1897, currens
Publication
St. Louis, Mo. : 2010
ISSN
0003-4894 [print]
1943-572X [online]
DOI
10.1177/000348941011900108
Volume/pages
119 :1 (2010) , p. 42-46
ISI
000273680600008
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
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Last edited 26.08.2024
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