Aim: Computerized tomography (CT) examination of temporal bone is a routine procedure in the diseases of the middle ear. The aim of this study is to establish the efficacy of CT in the diagnosis of the complications due to inflammatory pathologies of middle ear. Method: Patients with suspected middle ear pathology were undergone temporal CT examination between August 2006June 2008. 56 patients ...

A 70-year-old man with a history of chronic middle and external ear suppuration presenting with acute meningitis due to Bacteroides uniformis is described. Anaerobic organisms including Bacteroides species were cultured from the affected external auditory meatus. Administration of metronidazole led to complete clinical recovery and a cholesteatoma was subsequently surgically evacuated. Chronic ...

OBJECTIVE To review the current management of acute mastoiditis with critical emphasis on the role of myringotomy. DESIGN A retrospective chart review. SETTING Tertiary-care, university affiliated children's hospital. PATIENTS One hundred and forty-four consecutive children hospitalized for acute mastoiditis between the years 1991 and 2002. INTERVENTIONS All children were treated with p...

BACKGROUND To describe the clinical features of intratemporal complications of acute otitis media (AOM) in children, a retrospective study was carried out for two years. METHODS We considered acute mastoiditis, presence of postauricular swelling, erythema and tenderness and anteroinferior displacement of the auricle; labyrinthitis, presence of vestibular symptoms (spontaneous nystagmus and at...

Introduction: Although Bezold’s abscess is rarely seen as a complication of acute otitis media and mastoiditis in the antibiotic era, the number of reported cases has increased in the last 2 decades. Case Report: In this case report, we present a young man with a large Bezold’s abscess, which extended to his lower chest after 2 weeks of misdiagnosis. He underwent surgical treatment along with a...

We report a case of otogenic intracranial complication. The patient was a 34-year-old female who complained of left otalgia and headache. She was hospitalized because of deterioration of her level of consciousness and high fever. On examination, her cerebrospinal fluid showed an elevated cell count. A bacterial culture of the otorrhea and cerebrospinal fluid found Streptococcus pneumoniae. A CT...