Unsafe CSOM with Post-auricular Abscess in Patients with Microtia : Our Experience

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Published: June, 2024

Keywords: Microtia, congenital aural atresia, anomalies

Author
  • Saurav Naskar
Abstract

Microtia is a developmental anomaly of the external ear. It is often associated with congenital aural atresia and anomalies of the middle and inner ear. In such patients, owing to the structural deformity, the middle ear is poorly ventilated resulting in retraction pocket formation and eventually may give rise to squamosal chronic otitis media.

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