The posterosuperior retraction pocket, if allowed to progress, will lead to:
The option (b) should have been primary cholesteatoma and not secondary.Secondary cholesteatoma occurs due to migration of squamous epithelium through a preexisting perforation such as poslerosuperior marginal or total perforation (as occurs after acute necrotising otitis media). There is no term like tertiary cholesteatoma as given in option (d).
Sensorineural hearing loss
Secondary cholesteatoma
Tympanosclerosis
Tertiary cholesteatoma
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