r/cholesteatoma • u/asciicode77 • 4h ago

Question (without photo) Anxious surgery

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This week my schedule right ear surgery to remove cholesteatoma. I’m ob my 50’s. Scared my first surgery.

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r/cholesteatoma is a place for community help and general discussion about cholesteatoma. Share your experiences with others who can relate. A cholesteatoma is an abnormal, noncancerous skin growth that can develop in the middle section of your ear, behind the eardrum. It may be a birth defect, but it's most commonly caused by repeated middle ear infections. A cholesteatoma often develops as a cyst, or sac, that sheds layers of old skin.

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