Primary Diphtheritic Otitis Media and Mastoiditis

Otitis Media and mastoiditis in infancy.

Otitis media and mastoiditis occurring in infancy have long been recognized as most troublesome disorders and, of recent years, would appear to be receiving the attention they merit. The frequency of otitis media or otitis media and mastoiditis found both in the infants' wards and in the autopsy room of the Alder Hey Children's Hospital has led to this statistical and clinical enquiry into this...

The Schilling Haemogram in Otitis Media and Mastoiditis of Infancy.

In 1938 a survey of the incidence of otitis media and mastoiditis in infancy was published from Alder Hey Children's Hospital (McConkey and Couper, 1938). A clinical classification of such cases was suggested and conclusions were drawn regarding the relative merits of conservative and operative treatment. Simultaneously a second and more detailed investigation was in progress, with certain aspe...

Chapter 9 : Acute suppurative otitis media and acute mastoiditis

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...

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...