Ghedia R, et al. - A retrospective chart review was performed to explore whether children with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) and otitis media with effusion (OME) not treated with ventilatory tube (VT) were predisposed to cholesteatoma formation in the setting of a paediatric quaternary referral centre. In younger children, OME was an almost universal finding, but not in adolescents, among children with PCD. Findings supported the current preference to avoid VT insertion in children with PCD because it conferred a significantly higher rate of complications. In this cohort of PCD children with OME managed without VTs, no cases of cholesteatoma were found.