Eosinophilic Otitis Media: CT and MRI Findings and Literature Review.
10.3348/kjr.2012.13.3.363
- Author:
Won Jung CHUNG
1
;
Jeong Hyun LEE
;
Hyun Kyung LIM
;
Tae Hyun YOON
;
Kyung Ja CHO
;
Jung Hwan BAEK
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 138-736, Korea. jeonghlee@amc.seoul.kr
- Publication Type:Case Reports ; Review
- Keywords:
Eosinophilic otitis media;
Imaging findings of EOM
- MeSH:
Adult;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Eosinophilia/*diagnosis/radiography/surgery;
Female;
Humans;
*Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Otitis Media/*diagnosis/radiography/surgery;
Otoscopy;
Reoperation;
*Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2012;13(3):363-367
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Eosinophilic otitis media (EOM) is a relatively rare, intractable, middle ear disease with extremely viscous mucoid effusion containing eosinophils. EOM is associated with adult bronchial asthma and nasal allergies. Conventional treatments for otitis media with effusion (OME) or for chronic otitis media (COM), like tympanoplasty or mastoidectomy, when performed for the treatment of EOM, can induce severe complications such as deafness. Therefore, it should be differentiated from the usual type of OME or COM. To our knowledge, the clinical and imaging findings of EOM of temporal bone are not well-known to radiologists. We report here the CT and MRI findings of two EOM cases and review the clinical and histopathologic findings of this recently described disease entity.
