Cholesteatoma and family history: An international survey.
Rachael CollinsNgan Hong TaBarbara A JenningsPeter PrinsleyCarl Martin PhilpottNick SteelAllan ClarkPublished in: Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery (2020)
The relatively high proportion of respondents that reported a family history of cholesteatoma offers supporting evidence of heritability in cholesteatoma. The use of social media to recruit respondents to this survey means that the results cannot be generalised to other populations with cholesteatoma. Further population-based research is suggested to determine the heritability of cholesteatoma.