This document discusses atticoantral chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM), characterized by persistent discharge, deafness, and marginal perforation with cholesteatoma. Cholesteatoma is a cyst-like structure containing keratinizing squamous epithelium that can grow independently and erode bone. CSOM is diagnosed based on symptoms and examination findings, and treated surgically to eradicate the disease and prevent complications through procedures like mastoidectomy and tympanoplasty. Complications can be extracranial like facial nerve palsy or intracranial like meningitis.