Once the cholesteatoma is removed, can it grow back?
Yes. Somewhere between 10 and 20 percent of cholesteatomas grow back, even if they’ve been surgically excised. Choleseatomas in children grow back significantly more often. One of the advantages of a mastoidectomy, as opposed to the intact canal operation, is that it makes it easier for the otologist to see a regrowth of a cholesteatoma.
