title: [The clinical characters of tuberculous otitis media].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To sum up the clinical characters of tuberculous otitis media.
  
  
  METHODS
  2 cases of tuberculous otitis media and other reports are reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The onset of this disease is sudden and rapid with little discharge coming from the ear. Sometimes one or more perforation and granulation tissue can be found. Necrotizing bone may be seen by radiography.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to the tuberculous history of patients or their families and the clinical features, the diagnosis and the treatment to this disease are not difficult.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Union Hospital of Tongji Medical University, Wuhan 430022.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery