MASTOID DISEASE WITHOUT OTORRHOEA

Mastoid Suppuration without Tympanic Perforation and Suppuration

CASE REPORT Massive Posttraumatic Otorrhoea

Materials & Methods; The patient had experienced a head injury 26 years previously which resulted in recurrent episodes of meningitis. Previous surgeries, one neurosurgical operation and three middle ear operations were ineffective. The patient constantly complained about headaches, dizziness, balance disorder, hypoacusis in the right ear and visual dysfunction. During the middle ear surgery, i...

Otorrhoea is a marker for symptomatic disease in HIV-infected children.

BACKGROUND Chronic otorrhoea occurs commonly in HIV-infected children. However, there are few data on incidence and severity. OBJECTIVE To document the prevalence of otorrhoea in the clinic attendees. METHODS A retrospective chart review was done of all HIVI infected children seen at the Family Clinic for HIV from 1 February 1997 to 31 December 2001, a period preceding widespread availabili...

Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media

Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is a chronic inflammation of the middle ear and mastoid cavity. It is predominantly a disease of the developing world. 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 Organiz...

Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media

Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is a chronic inflammation of the middle ear and mastoid cavity. It is predominantly a disease of the developing world. 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 Organiz...