chronic atticoantral disease
MONDO:0001921Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names chronic atticoantral disease yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A chronic purulent otitis media which involves perforation in the attic region (pars flaccida of the tympanic membrane) or at the posterosuperior margin, with in-growth of squamous epithelium into the middle ear. This is caused as a result of poor ventilation of the middle ear and episodes of infection.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0001921), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: chronic atticoantral disease
- Also called
- chronic atticoantral suppurative otitis media