INTRA- AND EXTRACRANIAL COMPLICATIONS OF AURICULAR CHOLESTEATOMA. A 5 YEARS RETROSPECTIVE STUDY (1991-1995)

S. Cotulbea, D. Silasi

ORL Clinic University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timisoara

Timisoara - Romania

 Seventy-two patients underwent surgery for auricular cholesteatoma in the ENT Clinic of Timisoara during the nominated period. Of those, 9 patients (12.5%) were young people, of age 5-14 years.

Eighteen patients (25%) suffered intra- or extra-cranial complications. The most frequent encountered complications were, in order: peripheral facial paralysis in 8 cases, labyrinthic fistula in 3 cases, lateral sinus thrombophlebitis in 3 cases (1 patient developed septicemia), subperiosteal abscess in 1 case, cerebellar abscess in 1 case and meningitis in 1 case.