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Descriptor English:   Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear 
Descriptor Spanish:   Colesteatoma del Oído Medio 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Colesteatoma da Orelha Média 
Synonyms English:   Middle Ear Cholesteatoma  
Tree Number:   C09.218.200
C17.800.428.260.300
Definition English:   A mass of KERATIN-producing squamous EPITHELIUM that resembles an inverted (suck-in) bag of skin in the MIDDLE EAR. It arises from the eardrum (TYMPANIC MEMBRANE) and grows into the MIDDLE EAR causing erosion of EAR OSSICLES and MASTOID that contains the INNER EAR. 
History Note English:   95 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   32310 
Unique Identifier:   D018424 

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