A Case of Tuberculous Otitis Media Combined with Cholesteatoma.
- Author:
Jin Hwan KIM
1
;
Jin HU
;
Man Yk KIM
;
Hyung Jong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Tuberculosis;
Otitis media;
Cholesteatoma
- MeSH:
Cholesteatoma*;
Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear;
Diagnosis;
Ear;
Ear, Middle;
Facial Nerve;
Hearing Loss;
Humans;
Otitis Media*;
Otitis*;
Paralysis;
Tuberculosis
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
1997;40(10):1487-1490
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
As tuberculous otitis media is nowadays not common, young physicians are not good at the disease. Accordingly, the correct diagnosis can be delayed causing complications, for instances, irreversible hearing loss, facial nerve paralysis, and so on. It is, moreover, so hard to make clear diagnosis when aural cholesteatoma is combined with tuberculosis of the middle ear. Recently, we experienced a case of tuberculous otitis media combined with cholesteatoma. The patient had a history of chronic otorrhea and was operated on with a presumptive diagnosis of chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma. Postoperatively the diagnosis of tuberculosis with cholesteatoma was established by histologic examination. We believe that any patient with a long history of discharging ears needs histologic examination, as tuberculosis might be the cause of infection. We report our findings in this patient and discuss the relationship between the tuberculosis and chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma with review of literatures.
