The authors presented a proposal for surgical classification of chronic suppurative otitis media which may be used' for evaluating the surgical outcome of the disease.

On examination, vision in the right eye was 6/9. There was periorbital edema and tenderness most marked in the lateral upper lid. On lid retraction (Fig. 1) there was localised chemosis, and an enlarged vascular lacrimal swelling with vellow purulent material in the upper temporal fornix. Extreme lateral gaze was slightly limited but there was no fluctuant area in the lid. Systemically he had a...

PuLlmonary cavitation not associated with specific inflammations of the lung has been increasingly recognized in recent years, and we now feel justified in presenting a study of a condition which we describe as " spreading suppurative pneumonitis." To differentiate this condition from others associated with cavity formation, we also suggest a new classification of excavating lung lesions. The g...

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...

Mycobacterial infections of the skin classically cause a granulomatous tissue reaction. We have observed a suppurative pattern of inflammation associated with infections by rapid-growing Mycobacterium species in immunocompromised patients. We report 6 cases in skin and soft tissue with an unusual but consistent lack of a predominance of granulomatous inflammation. Of the 6 cases, 4 had predomin...

An 18-week-old female breeding Yorkshire pig displayed symptoms of astasia and subsequently died. Histologically, severe disseminated suppurative meningoencephalomyelitis was detected, as were numerous myocardial microabscesses. Gram-positive cocci were detected in these suppurative lesions, and these cocci reacted with an antibody against Streptococcus C group species. Gram-positive cocci were...

OBJECTIVES To find diagnostic points and to identify the origin of osteomyelitis in synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis and osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome. METHODS Fifty-two patients with mandibular suppurative osteomyelitis and 25 patients with mandibular osteomyelitis in SAPHO syndrome were included in the study. Radiographic patterns of the lesion, types of periosteal reaction and the pre...

The Suppurative prostatitis can arise at any age, but is more common in older dogs with benign prostatic hyparplasia, and uncommon in castrated dogs due to prostatic atrophy. The present case was Suppurative prostatitis in a German shepherd. A detailed clinical examination including per rectal digital examination of prostate, prostatic fluid cytology, clinichaemato biochemical evaluation and ul...

ACUTE suppurative pericarditis is a rare disease, usually resulting from a local cause, or associated with a debilitating illness. The prognosis has been much improved by antibiotics, but treatrnent is still difficult. The case reported here is one in which suppurative pericarditis was apparently a primary condition; after a protracted illness, the patient died as a result of a complication tha...

made in it are clear, and a definite plan of instruction is carefully followed. It will give to the student a very good general idea of the causes, signs, and treatment of intraabdominal suppuration. The title is, however, rather misleading, for the first 56 out of the 91 pages are devoted to the consideration of appendicitis in its various forms?suppurative and non-suppurative. A better title ...