Tuberculous Otitis Media With Complications
- 1 May 1978
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 71 (5) , 602-603
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-197805000-00035
Abstract
Tuberculous otitis media, although uncommon today, is still a differential diagnosis of suppurative otitis media. Our patient's otitis progressed from a draining ear with hearing loss to include facial nerve paralysis and meningitis. Several surgical procedures including radical mastoidectomy were insufficient to halt progression of the disease. After culture of acid-fast bacilli from the aural drainage and the cerebrospinal fluid, antituberculous chemotherapy was started and the patient responded well to treatment.Keywords
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