Which of the following complication would result if the postero superior retraction pocket in the eardrum is allowed to progress?
Postero superior retraction pocket of the ear drum, if allowed to progress leads to complications such as sensorineural hearing loss, facial nerve involvement and a labrynthine fistula formation. Other extracranial complications which can occur includes labrynthitis, mastoiditis, petrositis and soft tissue abscess.
Tympanoscelerosis
Teiary cholesteatoma
Secondary cholesteatoma
Sensori-neural hearing loss