Open AccessMultiple cranial nerve palsies complicating tympanomastoiditis: case report
Author(s) -
Donald P Oyatsi
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
east african medical journal
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0012-835X
DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v79i12.8675
Subject(s) - medicine , mastoiditis , skull , complication , otitis , surgery , skull fracture , chronic suppurative otitis media , middle ear , cranial nerve disease , acute otitis media , cranial nerves , eye disease
Otitis media either acute or chronic, is not uncommon in childhood. Multiple cranial nerve palsies occuring as a complication of either form of otitis media is unusual. A case of a nine year old boy with chronic suppurative otitis media with associated mastoiditis complicated with ipsilateral multiple cranial nerve palsies is presented. A skull X-ray and MRI scan showed sclerotic mastoids. The outcome on antibiotic treatment was good.