Primary tuberculosis of the eustachian tube causing otitis media with effusion.
Eustachian tube (ET) dysfunction may cause pathological changes in the middle ear, including recurrent acute otitis media and otitis media with effusion (OME). Mechanical obstruction of the ET may be caused by primary tumor-like lesions arising from ET or secondary ET infiltration due to nasopharyngeal and parapharyngeal space tumor. Tuberculosis is known to affect almost every organ in the body, and it should be a concern of each and every medical practitioner. However, tuberculosis of the ET has not been reported in the literature previously. This article reports primary tuberculosis arising in the ET that presented as aural fullness and hearing disturbance in a patient with OME.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Biomedical Research Institute, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Se-Joon
SJ
Oh
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Biomedical Research Institute, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Keun-Ik
KI
Yi
Department of Pathology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Chang-Hoon
CH
Lee
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Biomedical Research Institute, Busan, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: choks@pusan.ac.kr.
Kyu-Sup
KS
Cho
D000328:Adult; D005064:Eustachian Tube / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology