Tuberculous otitis media with complications.
Tuberculous otitis media, although uncommon today, is still a differential diagnosis of suppurative otitis media. Our patient's otitis progressed from a draining ear with hearing loss to include facial nerve paralysis and meningitis. Several surgical procedures including radical mastoidectomy were insufficient to halt progression of the disease. After culture of acid-fast bacilli from the aural drainage and the cerebrospinal fluid, antituberculous chemotherapy was started and the patient responded well to treatment.
D000328:Adult; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000150:complications