Left Attic Retraction

Retraction pocket excision with cartilage grafting as a preventive.

Left attic retraction.

Invagination of the tympanic membrane of the attic to form retraction pockets to be filled with desquamated epithelium and keratin to form cholesteatoma. A retracted eardrum usually doesn t cause any symptoms. Cholesteatoma inadvertently left by a surgeon usually regrows as an epidermal cyst. Fluid draining from the ear.

The attic is just above the eardrum. Eustachian tube theory. Some authors have also suggested hereditary factors. This abnormal folding or retraction of the tympanic membrane arises in one of the following ways.

The bone of the ear canal which is just above the eardrum is called the scutum. Attic retraction of eardrum otoscope view stock image c038. This is the most common and widely considered as the main reason for cholesteatoma. Erosion of the scutum may occur when the superior portion of the eardrum pars flaccida is retracted into the attic the air space above the eardrum.

This picture shows a severely retracted left eardrum with and attic retraction pocket. A retracted eardrum is one that appears concave. Tympanic membrane retraction describes a condition in which a part of the eardrum lies deeper within the ear than its normal position. Attic retraction pocket in the left ear white arrow with.

However if it retracts enough to press on the bones or other structures within your ear it can cause.