Yoshinori Kadowaki, Shinsuke Ide, Takeshi Nakamura, Takumi Okuda, Hideto Shigemi, Takashi Hirano, Kuniyuki Takahashi, Masashi Suzuki
(1) Background : The incidence of congenital cholesteatoma (CC) has rarely been discussed, particularly from a demographic viewpoint. Therefore, we conducted an epidemiological study of CC using local medical characteristics. (2) Methods : The participants were 100 patients (101 ears) who underwent initial surgical treatment at university hospitals in two rural prefectures between 2006 and 2022. A total of 68% of the patients were males and 32% were females, with a median age of 5 years. We reviewed the medical records for the date of birth, date of surgery, stage of disease, and first symptoms of the disease...
February 23, 2024: Journal of Clinical Medicine