Temporal bone findings in the late stage of secretory otitis media

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The temporal bone findings in a 10 yr old boy with secretory otitis media were presented. One ear was fitted with tympanostomy tubes for 5 and the other for 3 yr. Before death the latter ear was without a tube for 2 yr. Histological study revealed secreting tympanic mucosa with a very high density of goblet cells both in the ear with a ventilating tube in position and in the ear with an intact tympanic membrane. The case represented a late stage of secretory otitis media. Ventilating tubes apparently caused the degeneration and disappearance of subepithelial glands but the effect on goblet cells was less pronounced.

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