Open AccessTuberculous otitis media-are we missing it ?
Author(s) -
Sangeeta Varty,
Dinesh Vaidya,
Kamal Parasram,
Divya Prabhat,
SK Joshi
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2231-3796
pISSN - 0973-7707
DOI - 10.1007/bf03000333
Subject(s) - medicine , otorhinolaryngology , otitis , incidence (geometry) , head and neck surgery , differential diagnosis , tuberculosis , middle ear , dermatology , disease , rare disease , pediatrics , surgery , pathology , physics , optics
Tuberculosis of the middle ear it a rare disease. Due to change in the typical clinical pattern and decrease in incidence, there is a delayed or missed diagnosis and can lead to increased morbidity. We pretent 5 cases of Tuberculous Otitis Media treated over a period of 2 years, highlighting the fact that it must be considered as a differential diagnosis of persistent suppurative otitis media.