Images in Clinical Medicine

Kim Eagle, M.D., Editor

Cholesteatoma

N. Wendell Todd, M.D.

N Engl J Med 1994; 331:1347November 17, 1994

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Figure 1 Cholesteatoma.

A cholesteatoma medial to an intact translucent tympanic membrane is shown in the left ear of a five-year-old girl. This abnormality was found by an audiologist during screening at school. The tympanic membrane was illuminated with a tungsten lamp and photographed through a Hopkins rod mounted on a 35-mm camera with Fuji 1600 film. The color was corrected to a reference standard during processing.

Kim Eagle, M.D.

N. Wendell Todd, M.D.
Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322