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CT scanning of middle ear cholesteatoma: what does the surgeon want to know?

¹ Department of Otolaryngology, North Riding Infirmary, Newport Road, Middlesbrough TS1 5JE and ² Department of Radiology, South Cleveland Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK

Correspondence: L M Flood, Consultant Otolaryngologist

The history of surgery for middle ear cholesteatoma is of an evolution of techniques to meet the challenges of inaccessible disease and of post-operative cavity management. The concept has traditionally been of exploration guided by awareness and anticipation of all, possibly asymptomatic, complications. Modern imaging reliably demonstrates surgical anatomy, dictating the ideal approach, forewarns of complications and may reveal the extent of disease. An apparent resistance amongst otologists to universal CT scanning prior to mastoidectomy contrasts with the enthusiasm of skull base surgeons or rhinologists for appropriate imaging.

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