A nationwide Swedish study including more than 10,000 cases of cholesteatoma, a lesion in the middle ear, shows a strong hereditary component to the disease. The current study is a case-controlled ...

The researchers showed how bone erosion caused by cholesteatoma occurs. This study showed that a subset of cells called osteoclastogenic fibroblasts expresses a protein, activin A, which causes the ...

Chronic inflammation of the middle ear can cause several problems and complications that can affect a person’s hearing and balance. One such problem is the formation of a cholesteatoma, which is an ...

Chronic inflammation of the middle ear can cause several problems and complications that can affect a person's hearing and balance. One such problem is the formation of a cholesteatoma, which is an ...

A thin layer of blood may seem an unlikely surgical innovation. But in this case, it turns a biological fluid into an optical ...