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Silent otitis media: Clinical applications
Author(s) -
Paparella Michael M.,
Goycoolea Marcos,
Bassiouni Mokhtar,
Koutroupas Steven
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198609000-00008
Subject(s) - otitis , medicine , pathological , meningitis , bacterial meningitis , audiology , pathology , pediatrics , surgery
Silent (masked) otitis media refers to usually chronic pathological conditions behind an intact tympanic membrane which may be clinically “undetected” or “undetectable.” Correlations are described for pathological changes in temporal bones and clinical considerations for 1. silent otitis media associated with Hemophilus influenzae meningitis in infants, 2. silent otitis media — the continuum, 3. silent otitis media — sequelae, and 4. chronic silent otitis media.