title: [Definition and nosology of otitis].
abstract: Among otitis, various classifications have been made of those that affect the middle ear during the last century. The various types of otitis media that have been described have long been considered as clearly separate entities. Only in relatively recent years has a new overall vision emerged of this disorder, which would rather be a continuum. The different types of middle ear otitis would mostly be variable expressions of a true otitis disease.
authors.affiliation: Service ORL et chirurgie cervico-faciale, Hôtel-Dieu 44093 Nantes.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Legent
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D018424:Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear / Q000150:complications; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000145:classification* / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Définition et nosologie des otites.