Tuberculous Otitis Media with Facial Paralysis Combined with Labyrinthitis.
- Author:
Gyu Ho HWANG
1
;
Jong Yoon JUNG
;
Gunhwee YUM
;
June CHOI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Tuberculosis; Otitis media; Labyrinthitis
- MeSH: Decompression; Diagnosis, Differential; Dizziness; Ear; Ear, Inner; Facial Nerve; Facial Paralysis; Hearing Loss; Labyrinthitis; Otitis; Otitis Media; Tuberculosis
- From:Korean Journal of Audiology 2013;17(1):27-29
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Tuberculosis otitis media is a very rare cause of otorrhea, so that it is infrequently considered in differential diagnosis because clinical symptoms are nonspecific, and standard microbiological and histological tests for tuberculosis often give false-negative results. We present a rare case presenting as a rapidly progressive facial paralysis with severe dizziness and hearing loss on the ipsilateral side that was managed with facial nerve decompression and anti-tuberculosis therapy. The objective of this article is to create an awareness of ear tuberculosis, and to consider tuberculosis in the differential diagnosis of chronic otitis media with complications.
