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Liang-Hsin Cheng, MD; Werner D. Chasin, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1970;92(4):399-401.

Abstract
An unusual, thick, horizontal, bony septum of the mastoid excluded a large cholesteatoma from the middle ear and antrum. As a result of this exclusion, the cholesteatoma eroded through the tip of the mastoid caused a persistent, draining, fistulous tract of the neck.

Author Affiliations
Boston

From the Department of Otolaryngology, Tufts-New England Medical Center Hospitals, Boston.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 3, 1970.

Reprint requests to Department of Otolaryngology, Tufts-New England Medical Center Hospitals, 171 Harrison Ave, Boston 02111 (Dr. Chasin).

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