[Gradenigo syndrome--still a threatening complication of otitis media].
Intracranial complications of acute otitis media are rare in the time of a specific antibiotic therapy. We report about the case of a 13-year-old female patient with an incompletely cured otitis media which was followed by a petrous apicitis presenting abducens nerve palsy. She was successfully treated by a combination of surgical intervention, high dose intravenous antibiotics, systemic corticoid-therapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
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Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. marc.bloching@medizin.uni-halle.de
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D020434:Abducens Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation / Q000379:methods; D010000:Osteitis / Q000628:therapy*; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications*; D010579:Petrous Bone; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013577:Syndrome; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents