Which of the following complication would result if the postero superior retraction pocket in the eardrum is allowed to progress?
Tympanoscelerosis
Teiary cholesteatoma
Secondary cholesteatoma
Sensori-neural hearing loss
Postero superior retraction pocket of the ear drum, if allowed to progress leads to complications such as sensorineural hearing loss, facial nerve involvement and a labrynthine fistula formation. Other extracranial complications which can occur includes labrynthitis, mastoiditis, petrositis and soft tissue abscess.