title: [Seromucous otitis and atopic allergy].
abstract: The various recent studies conducted are reviewed with the aim of establishing or refuting the hypothesis of a relation between immediate type I allergic reactions and seromucous otitis. Critical analysis of the different publications available is completed by an analysis of a personal series of 58 examinations of serum and secretory IgE levels in children 6 months to 11 years with seromucous otitis. Findings fail to support the hypothesis of type I allergy as a major, primary etiologic factor in seromucous otitis even though this affection can appear as a complication of an allergic diathesis.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000150:complications*; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis*; D007223:Infant; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E
vernacular_title: L'otite séro-muqueuse et l'allergie atopique.