caa a22 4500 38634597X CHVBK 20180307111811.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198911 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022215100110916 doi S0022215100110916 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022215100110916 Management of the inflammatory aural polyp [Elektronische Daten] Investigation into the underlying disease causing an aural polyp is often hampered when the polyp itself obscures the tympanic membrane. This retrospective analysis of 65 patients undergoing aural polypectomy was carried out to identify and predictive factors for underlying cholesteatoma and to determine a correct management stratergy for aural polyps. The duration of symptoms, size of polyp, size of conductive component of hearing loss and bacteriology of otorrhoea were unhelpful as predictors of the underlying disease. Radiological evidence of bony erosion of the mastoid is a useful sign of cholesteatoma when present. Aural polypectomy resulted in 58.3 per cent of ears becoming inactive. It is proposed that aural polypectomy and histological assessment should be employed as initial treatment with mastoid exploration reserved for those ears thus identified as high risk for cholesteatoma. Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989 Williams S. Rhys Southampton Robinson P. J. Southampton Brightwell A. P. Southampton The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 103/11(1989-11), 1040-1042 0022-2151 103:11<1040 1989 103 JLO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100110916 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100110916 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Williams S. Rhys Southampton NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Robinson P. J. Southampton NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brightwell A. P. Southampton NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 103/11(1989-11), 1040-1042 0022-2151 103:11<1040 1989 103 JLO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge