title: [Primary tuberculous otitis media].
abstract: Tuberculous otitis media is now an infrequent disease, with an incidence of less than 1%. In most cases the origin is a pulmonary focus and primary cases are rarer. We report a case of primary tuberculous otitis media in an immunocompetent patient. A bibliographic review was made of clinical and etiopathogenic aspects, as well as diagnosis and treatment. We highlight the diagnostic difficulty and the fact that this entity should be included in the differential diagnosis of persistent suppurative otitis media.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de ORL, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benavides Gabernet
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morera Faet
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Saiz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mateos
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Collado
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morera Pérez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008416:Mastoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Otitis media tuberculosa primaria.