Svistushkin V M, Mukhamedov I T, Varosyan E G, Eremeeva K V, Mokoyan Zh T
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia.
Vestn Otorinolaringol. 2023;88(2):80-85. doi: 10.17116/otorino20228802180.
The article describes clinical cases of invasive cholesteatoma of the temporal bone pyramid, leading to a massive destruction of the surrounding structures. Paying attention to the importance of knowing the microsurgical anatomy of critical structures of temporal bone (the anterior bony plate (cog), the tensor tympani fold and the tendon, the tympanic orifice of the eustachian tube, the pretympanic recess, tympanic sinuses) bearing a significance and helping to improve the removal of the invasive cholesteatoma.
