Complications of chronic suppurative otitis media: a left otogenic brain abscess and a right mastoid fistula.
Otogenic brain abscess and postauricular fistula are complications of chronic suppurative otitis media. We describe a rare case of bilateral chronic suppurative otitis media that caused a left temporal lobe abscess and a right mastoid fistula.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Sultanah Aminah, 81000 Johor Bahru, Malaysia. chewyokkuan@gmail.com
Yok Kuan
YK
Chew
Jack Pein
JP
Cheong
Abdullah
A
Khir
Sushil
S
Brito-Mutunayagam
Narayanan
N
Prepageran
D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008416:Mastoid; D008875:Middle Aged; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011513:Proteus mirabilis; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D034364:Streptococcus milleri Group