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Petrous Apex Cholesterol Granuloma

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Terminology

Petrous apex (PA) cholesterol granuloma: Expansile PA lesion resulting from foreign-body giant cell reaction to deposition of cholesterol crystals in apical air cells with fibrosis and vascular proliferation
a.k.a. cholesterol cyst, "chocolate" cyst

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