title: [Chronic otitis and hearing loss revealing a disseminated tuberculosis in a child].
abstract: Ear localization is sometimes the first symptom of tuberculosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of a teen with a chronic otitis revealing a disseminated tuberculosis. The investigations showed ear, bones and pulmonary localisations. The outcome with treatment showed a persistent hearing loss.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Middle ear tuberculosis should be suspected in patients with chronic otitis and risk factors of tuberculosis. A disseminated tuberculosis should be investigated and an early treatment is necessary to prevent hearing loss.
authors.affiliation: Pédiatrie générale, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, hôpital Robert-Debré, 48, boulevard Sérurier, 75019 Paris, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: See
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aubertin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Angoulvant
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Baculard
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Soussan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bourrillon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Faye
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002908:Chronic Disease; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000382:microbiology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*