polyps in ear /cholesteatoma?

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Hi my daughter is 4 and has been diagnosed with a polyp in her ear

canal. She has discharge as well as blood in her ear. She was

scheduled for surgery but had a fever so they could not preform the

surgery. I am seeking out a second opinion. The other ENT could not

tell me what caused this " polyp " or if it would affect her hearing.

Needless to say he was not very informative. My question is has

anyone ever had a polyp that turned out to be a cholesteatoma??My

pediatrician said it looked like it could be one but was not 100%

sure. Any thoughts or information would be greatly appreciated. Thank

you for your time. Deirdre

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Hello Deirdre

A polyp is a is a round red lump of inflamed skin that bleeds easily. It's usually something that's caused be repeated or chronic ear infection and can be found in the middle ear or the ear canal. Polyps aren't the same as ctoma - they're not as serious and can usually be removed bvia the ear canal. The danger is that an ear that get polyps is also one that can get ctoma. Sometimes if the polyps are large there can be ctoma hidden behind them - it would require a CT scan to be sure.

Phil

polyps in ear /cholesteatoma?

Hi my daughter is 4 and has been diagnosed with a polyp in her ear canal. She has discharge as well as blood in her ear. She was scheduled for surgery but had a fever so they could not preform the surgery. I am seeking out a second opinion. The other ENT could not tell me what caused this "polyp" or if it would affect her hearing. Needless to say he was not very informative. My question is has anyone ever had a polyp that turned out to be a cholesteatoma??My pediatrician said it looked like it could be one but was not 100% sure. Any thoughts or information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time. Deirdre

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hi my daughter had polyps in her ear last year, they took them out

and discovered she has cholesteatoma, so yes that is one of the

possibilities but there are many more reasons why she would have

polyps in her ear. hope this helps

[Guest guest]

Hi there wow four yrs old so young to have to deal with this stuff.

I had ear problems all my life I had 4 polyp's removed when I was

young. 1 was removed in the Doc's office needless to say I passed

out from the pain the others were removed after I was put to sleep.I

had my cholesteatoma removed last yr, 20 yrs after the last polyp

removal. My advice is like the others PLEASE get an second or even

more opinions with other docs. Good Luck

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> Hi my daughter is 4 and has been diagnosed with a polyp in her ear

> canal. She has discharge as well as blood in her ear. She was

> scheduled for surgery but had a fever so they could not preform

the

> surgery. I am seeking out a second opinion. The other ENT could

not

> tell me what caused this " polyp " or if it would affect her

hearing.

> Needless to say he was not very informative. My question is has

> anyone ever had a polyp that turned out to be a cholesteatoma??My

> pediatrician said it looked like it could be one but was not 100%

> sure. Any thoughts or information would be greatly appreciated.

Thank

> you for your time. Deirdre