Cholesteatoma of external ear

Description

cholesteatoma of external ear: A cholesteatoma which involves invasion of the squamous tissue into a localized area of bony erosion of the ear canal. It may develop spontaneously or as a consequence of infection, trauma or surgery.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode H8_EXT_CHOL
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: H604
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: H604
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 4
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 9462
GWAS catalog 1000677
SNOMED CT 35247001

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 43 20 23
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.03 0.03 0.04
Mean age at first event (years) 61.29 61.51 61.1
Median number of events / individual 2 2 2

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 58.14 60.0 56.52
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 0.0 0.0 0.0

Associations