331. RELAPSE CASES OF OTITIS MEDIA WITH AAV (OMAAV)

Do you know otitis media with ANCA‐Associated Vasculitis (OMAAV)?

Hearing loss is often the only symptom of OMAAV at initial presentation, thus making early diagnosis difficult. We present OMAAV in a 70-year-old woman with hearing loss and dry cough. Otoscopy showed otitis media with effusion. Audiometry showed mixed hearing loss, especially in the right ear. Serum myeloperoxidase antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody was positive. Image analyses showed lung le...

Relapse of acute myeloid leukemia presenting as acute otitis media.

A 26-year-old female was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML-M2 subtype with normal cytogenetics) 2 years previously. She was induced with conventional 3 : 7 induction chemotherapy (daunorubicin; cytosine arabinoside) and consolidated with three high doses of cytosine arabinoside. After chemotherapy, the patient remained in remission for 1.5 years. A written informed consent was obtained...

News about Chronic Otitis Serosis of Middle Ear (Otitis Media)

Serios otitis media is one of those ear Trou­bles that has enjoyed a very extensive research two decaides.  I ts recognition in medical literature goes b,ick tc eighteenth century. Since then there has been rather little progress in this field. The dis­covery of antibiotcs and thence lessening of in­ fecticus ear diseases, attention has been paid to preserve the function of ear, and naturally...

Distinguishing Acute Otitis Media From Otitis Media With Effusion

Otitis Media with Effusion

Otitis media with effusion (OME), also called glue ear, is characterised by a collection of fluid in the middle-ear cleft. there is chronic inflammation but without signs of acute inflammation. OME is the most common cause of hearing impairment (and the most common reason for elective surgery) in childhood, where it usually follows an episode of acute otitis media (AOM). It is uncommon in adult...