title: Silent otitis media: clinical applications.
abstract: Silent (masked) otitis media refers to usually chronic pathological conditions behind an intact tympanic membrane which may be clinically "undetected" or "undetectable." Correlations are described for pathological changes in temporal bones and clinical considerations for silent otitis media associated with Hemophilus influenzae meningitis in infants, silent otitis media--the continuum, silent otitis media--sequelae, and chronic silent otitis media.
mesh_terms: D006193:Haemophilus influenzae; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008583:Meningitis, Haemophilus / Q000150:complications; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000473:pathology