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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery > Volume 35(5); 1992 > Article
Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1992;35(5): 723-727.
Two cases of congenital aural atresia associated with cholesteatoma.
Soon Jae Hwang, Kwang Sun Lee, Il Whan Jang, Man Su Kim
진주종을 동반한 선천성 외이도 폐쇄증 2례
황순재 · 이광선 · 장일환 · 김만수
고려대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실
ABSTRACT

Congenital aural atresia is a relatively common congenital deformities arising from the ectodermal origin. It is observed much more often unilaterally and on the right side. Reconstruction surgery for aural atresia should be performed when the child is about 17 or 18 years in unilateral aural atresia, and when about 6 or 7 years old in bilateral atresia. Even if unilateral aural atresia, congenital aural atresia combined cholesteatoma can develop a infected auricular fistula, Bezold's abscess, facial paralysis, perilymph or lateral semicircular canal fistula, cerebrospinal fluid and meningitis, corrective surgery is performed regardless of the patient's age for prevention of other complications. The authors have recently experienced two cases of congenital aural atresia associated cholesteatoma and report with reviews of literatures. We experienced two cases of unilateral congenital aural atresia, which were combined with facial nerve palsy and postauricular fistula due to cholesteatoma. In these cases, we got a hearing improvement and normalized facial nerve function through the external canaloplasty and tympanoplasty.

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