What are the symptoms of cholesteatoma

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Cholesteatoma often presents with hydrocephalus. Because the tumor has strong destruction to surrounding tissues, it also has inflammatory effect, causing aseptic meningitis, or tumors in the fourth ventricle all present with hydrocephalus. About 50% of patients often have epileptic seizures. According to different tumor sites, the clinical manifestations are also different. Let's share the symptoms of cholesteatoma.

What are the symptoms of cholesteatoma

First: cerebellopontine angle cholesteatoma: often with trigeminal neuralgia onset (70%), often have the affected side tinnitus, deafness, late cerebellopontine angle syndrome, performance for facial hypoesthesia, facial muscle weakness, hearing loss, ataxia, etc.

Second: sellar region cholesteatoma: often with vision loss, visual field defect as the early main clinical manifestations, a few patients can have endocrine disorders, performance for sexual dysfunction, polydipsia, polyuria and other pituitary insufficiency and hypothalamic damage.

Third: brain parenchymal cholesteatoma: cerebral hemisphere tumors often have seizures, mental symptoms, as well as hemiplegia, cerebellar tumors, such as nystagmus, ataxia.

matters needing attention

It is often found by chance that the skull has been protruding for many years. It can be moved or fixed without tenderness.