Acute Otitis Media Complications

Intratemporal complications of otitis media.

UNLABELLED Otitis media (OM) is considered a potentially severe disease due to the risk of complications. OBJECTIVE To establish the annual incidence of intratemporal complications (ITC) resulting from OM and to prospectively assess patients for epidemiological and clinical factors. METHOD This prospective cohort study included patients admitted during one year at a university hospital diag...

Chart 1. Classification of otitis media and complications according to Bluestone Otitis media without effusion Acute otitis media Otitis media with effusion

This chapter highlights important aspects concerning surgical indications and preoperative preparation related to surgical management of otitis media in children. The concept of chronic otitis media (COM) has been widely discussed (Chart 1). Some authors advocate that the definition of chronicity should be related to the histopathological changes that occur in the recovering mucosa of the middl...

Acute Otitis Media

Distinguishing Acute Otitis Media From Otitis Media With Effusion

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...