v Acute otitis media: Children with acute otitis media have signs and symptoms of infection, such as ear pain and fever. Acute otitis media is very common in children; more than 5 million cases occur each year in the United States. v Otitis media with effusion: Children with otitis media with effusion have extra fluid in the middle ear, so symptoms may include feeling like the ear is plugged or...

BACKGROUND A systematic quantitative review was conducted of evidence relating parental smoking to acute otitis media, recurrent otitis media, middle ear effusion, and adenoidectomy and/or tonsillectomy. METHODS Forty five relevant publications were identified after consideration of 692 articles selected by electronic search of the Embase and Medline databases using keywords relevant to passi...

INTRODUCTION Upper respiratory tract infection is a nonspecific term used to describe an acute infection involving the nose, paranasal sinuses, pharynx and larynx. Upper respiratory tract infections in children are often associated with Eustachian tube dysfunction and complicated by otitis media, an inflammatory process within the middle ear. Environmental, epidemiologic and familial risk facto...

AIM Auditory tube dysfunction is one of the aetiological causes of otitis media. Studies suggest a correlation between otitis media with effusion and dental malocclusion. Our goal was to determine any correlation between dental malocclusion and otitis media with effusion in children with chronic upper airway obstruction due to tonsil and adenoid enlargement. MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospec...

I appreciated the communication from Dr. Casselbrant et al. regarding the article titled “What Is the Role of Tympanostomy Tubes in the Treatment of Recurrent Acute Otitis Media?” This group has made many important contributions to our understanding of the pathophysiology and treatment of acute otitis media. Clarification of the findings in their study also helps to understand the importance of...

Objectives. The aim of this study was to analyze the epidemiological and clinical aspects of chronic otitis media and its therapeutic processes in our context. Patients and Methods. In a prospective study over a period of 1 year (March 2009-February 2010), 79 patients with chronic otitis media have been cared for in the otolaryngology ward of the University Hospital of Ouagadougou. Results. Chr...

Hypertrophic adenoids with otitis media with effusion is a common infectious disease and present a serious otological problem in children. Cytokines, potent inflammatory mediators, play important role in the initiation of immunological response in otitis media. Adenoids excised due to hypertrophy with or without chronic otitis media with effusion were used to isolate mononuclear cells. Secretio...

ÖZET Sessiz otitis medya, ilerleyici otojenik bir hastalıktır. Bu subklinik enfeksiyöz hastalık timpanik zar normal olmasına rağmen mastoid kemik hücrelerini ve mukozalarını etkiler. Antibiyotik sonrası dönemde klasik mastoidit sıklığında ciddi bir düşüş mevcut olmakla birlikte, otitis medya için yetersiz veya etkisiz antibiyotik kullanımına bağlı gelişen sessiz mastoidit halen hayatı tehdit ed...

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) presents a variety of manifestations. Two patients with a history of intractable otitis media were diagnosed as having AAV. One was an 87-year-old woman who presented with cough, anorexia, and fever with a one-year and four-month history of otitis media, and the other was a 65-year-old woman with arthritis that appeared after the d...

A 5-year-old castrated male domestic longhair cat was presented with neurological signs consistent with a central vestibular lesion and left Horner's syndrome. Computed tomography images revealed hyperattenuating, moderately contrast-enhancing material within the left tympanic bulla, most consistent with left otitis media/interna. Marked neutrophilic pleocytosis was identified on cerebrospinal ...