A CONSIDERATION OF THE INTRA-CRANIAL COMPLICATIONS OF SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA

Intracranial complications of chronic suppurative otitis media.

Twenty-nine patients with chronic suppurative otitis media with intracranial complications are reviewed. The complications occurred predominantly in young patients with a mean age of 17 years. The most common complication was brain abscess (n = 20). The others were meningitis (n = 3), subdural abscess (n = 3), perisinus abscess (n = 2) and otitic intracranial hypertension (n = 1). The common pa...

Intracranial complications of chronic suppurative otitis media in children.

UNLABELLED In spite of significant decrease after antibiotic advent, intracranial complications of otitis media still represent a challenging situation owing to its high mortality rate (36%). The most common presentations are meningitis, cerebral abscess, extradural abscess and lateral sinus thrombophlebitis. For early management, it is necessary to have a high index of suspicion. It is importa...

Intracranial complications of chronic suppurative otitis media in children Summary

Frequency of Complications in Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media

OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of complications in patients suffering from chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM). st th METHODS: This study was done in Saidu Sharif Teaching Hospital from 1 March 2010 to 30 June 2013. In this prospective studies 53 patients of Chronic suppurative otitis media were selected. RESULTS: In our study 31(58.4%) male and 22 (41.5%) were female. Age distributi...

Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media

Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is a chronic inflammation of the middle ear and mastoid cavity. Clinical features are recurrent otorrhoea through a tympanic perforation, with conductive hearing loss of varying severity. Experts dispute the duration of otorrhoea required to determine it as a chronic infection the World Health Organization's definitions suggest more than two weeks; others...