Year: 2024
Type: other
Abstract: It was easily confused by the clinical manifestations of tuberculous otitis media and common chronic suppurative otitis media. When met with the following conditions, we should pay highly attention to suspect tuberculous otitis media: The severity of local manifestations did not match with the length of the disease; with poor tympanic membrane at the early stage with no obvious cholesteatomas, with facial paralysis or hearing loss early onset; insensitive to traditional antibiotic treatment; with extensive granulation appeared in the tympanum and or mastoid cavity, with or without caseous necrosis or dead bone in the early days. The diagnosis should be confirmed based on the acid-fast staining of the histopathological section to detect positive acid-fast bacilli. Meanwhile, multiple laboratory examination methods（such as T-spot and PCR） should be integrated synchronously to help support the diagnosis.
Source: PubMed
Authors: Xiaodan Pan, Shouqin Zhao, Yi Li
Institutions: Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University
Language: English
Topic: Ear Surgery and Otitis Media
Subfield: Otorhinolaryngology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4394739003