Malignancy of the middle ear and mastoid antrum is rare. These malignancies are less than 1%of all head-andneck malignancies. Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common among all malignant tumours. Squamous cell carcinoma of the middle ear and chronic suppurative otitis media may co-exist but no definitive correlation has been proven. Here we are presenting a case of squamous cell carcinoma of ...

We report a severe case of Staphylococcus lugdunensis (S. lugdunensis) keratitis presenting as suppurative keratitis in a 77-year-old woman. The patient's chief complaint was eye pain and decreased visual acuity in her right eye. Suppurative keratitis with a severe corneal abscess was diagnosed by a slit-lamp ophthalmic examination. The causative organism was identified as S. lugdunensis by bac...

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...

cy department with complaints of diffuse abdominal pain and a change in bowel habits for the past 4 days. He denied nausea, vomiting or fever. His medical history included diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, cerebral stroke, and ischemic heart disease. He had no past surgical history. On presentation, he was in good general condition and the abdomenwas soft, depressive, with diffuse disco...

Objective: To observe the clinical manifestations, imaging features of a case of a patient with cholesteatomatous otitis media complicated with suppurative meningitis and venous sinus thrombosis and to explore the treatment method and prognosis. Method: The medical history of the patient and the data of physical examinations, imaging examinations and laboratory examinations were collected. Resu...

Background: Chronic suppurative otitis media is a common problem in our part of the world and few end up with intracranial complication. Brain abscess, meningitis and lateral sinus thrombosis are the most common intracranial complications. Emergency Multi-specialty Intervention can prevent mortality. Aim: The objective of the study is to determine various types of intracranial complications aff...

Introduction: An otogenic brain abscess is a common ENT problem but an otogenic trapezius abscess can also be experienced in otolaryngological practice, particularly in patients with chronic suppurative otitis media.   Case Report: We report a rare case of a trapezius abscess in an eight-year-old girl who presented at the ENT, Head and Neck Surgery Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lady Readi...

OBJECTIVES To determine the frequency of cholesteatoma in a population of patients with chronic suppurative otitis media, and to determine whether this frequency is affected by ethnicity. PATIENTS The study included 6005 patients with chronic suppurative otitis media seen during the course of 30 charitable surgical 'ear camps' in Nepal. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Proportion of patients with each...

Objectives: The objective of the study was to detect and analyze the bacteriological profile in cases of chronic suppurative otitis media with cholesteatoma and to assess the commonest organism found in cases of chronic suppurative otitis media with cholesteatoma. Material and methods: A total of 75 cases of chronic suppurative otitis media with cholesteatoma were admitted in E.N.T. Unit-1, May...

OBJECTIVE To explore the association between chronic suppurative otitis media and sensorineural hearing loss. METHOD The files of 147 patients with unilateral chronic suppurative media were reviewed in a retrospective study. Differences between diseased and control ear bone conduction thresholds were analysed by the paired student's t-test over the four frequencies (0.5 kHz, 1.0 kHz, 2.0 kHz,...