title: Tuberculous mastoiditis.
abstract: Two cases of aural tuberculosis in Caucasian adults are described. Stress is laid on the need to consider tuberculosis in cases of chronic otitis presenting unusual features. Lack of suspicion of tuberculosis frequently leads to long delays in diagnosis and subsequent needless disability.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, Southend Hospital, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buchanan
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Rainer
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008417:Mastoiditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology