As preoperative assessment of the patient with a neck mass becomes increasingly sophisticated, differential diagnosis of the masses becomes more complex. The following unusual case of massive swelling in the neck as a result of aural cholesteatoma exemplifies best this complexity and the need for careful preoperative planning.
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