Abstract
Cholesteatoma is characterized by keratinizing stratified squamous epithelium within the middle ear cleft. This epithelial layer is continuously desquamated and the sheets of desquamated epithelium form the mass of cholesteatoma.
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Harada, Y. (1983). Cholesteatoma. In: Atlas of the Ear. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6598-0_47
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