Otolaryngology Houston
Bechara Y. Ghorayeb, MD
8830 Long Point, Suite 806
Houston, Texas 77055
For appointments, call (713) 464 2614
This page was last updated: March 6, 2008
Picture of Aural Polyp and Cholesteatoma
Picture of Mastoidectomy showing a large cholesteatoma in the mastoid antrum.
Picture an aural polyp protruding into the external auditory meatus, surrounded by cholesteatoma flakes.
The above aural polyp was biopsied.
Histopathology shows fragments of granulation tissue with fibrinopurulent exudate at the surface and an acute and chronic inflammatory infiltrate. Also present are fragments of squamous epithelium and one fragment of granulation tissue covered by squamous epithelium. There is keratin debris at the surface of one squamous fragment and a few of the granulation tissue fragments. There is no evidence of malignancy.
Granulation tissue with fibrinous exudate (Aural Polyp)
Inflamed granulation tissue (Aural polyp)
Keratinizing squamous epithelium (Cholesteatoma)
