Acute Otitis Media with Bone Conduction Hearing Loss Associated with Acute Mastoiditis.

Chapter 9 : Acute suppurative otitis media and acute mastoiditis

Severe Acute Otitis Media and Acute Mastoiditis in Adults.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate and compare clinical and microbiological findings in adults hospitalized for acute otitis media (AOM) or mastoid infections (acute or latent). MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of all adults (≥17 years old) hospitalized (between 2003 and 2012) at a tertiary referral center for acute mastoid infections or AOM not responding to outpatien...

Facial paralysis associated with acute otitis media.

UNLABELLED Acute otitis media with facial paralysis is not a very frequent association. AIM The goal of the present investigation was to asses the evolution of facial paralysis caused by acute otitis media. STUDY FORMAT: Clinical-retrospective. MATERIALS AND METHODS We studied 40 patients with this association, from a total of 2758 cases of facial paralysis seen during this time in the depa...

Transverse sinus thrombosis associated with otitis media and mastoiditis.

A case of transverse sinus thrombosis is described in an adolescent male with antecedent meningomyelocele corrected by surgery, and ventriculo-peritoneal derivation. Four months before the occurrence of thrombosis, he presented with bilateral otitis media and mastoiditis, and was treated with antibiotic. Magnetic resonance images were not obtained before referral to our hospital. The patient re...

Distinguishing Acute Otitis Media From Otitis Media With Effusion