Open AccessChronic suppurative inflammation of the middle ear in children
Author(s) -
Ivan Baljošević,
D Djerić,
Jovica Milovanović,
Vladan Šubarević
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh0808350b
Subject(s) - medicine , cholesteatoma , middle ear , chronic suppurative otitis media , mastoidectomy , surgery , pathological , otitis , mastoid process
Chronic suppurative inflammation of the middle ear (HGO) in children represents one of the most frequent infections in childhood, even in children from developed industrial countries. We can distinguish two types of chronic suppurative inflammation: first--HGO without cholesteatoma and second HGO with cholesteatoma.