Complications of chronic suppurative otitis media: a left otogenic brain abscess and a right mastoid fistula.

Publisher: SAGE Publications Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 7701817 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1942-7522 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 01455613 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Ear Nose Throat J Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publications
Original Publication: [New York, Insight Pub. Co.]

Mastoid*; Brain Abscess/*etiology ; Cutaneous Fistula/*etiology ; Otitis Media, Suppurative/*complications ; Proteus Infections/*etiology ; Streptococcal Infections/*etiology; Brain Abscess/diagnosis ; Brain Abscess/therapy ; Cutaneous Fistula/diagnosis ; Cutaneous Fistula/therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Otitis Media, Suppurative/microbiology ; Otitis Media, Suppurative/therapy ; Proteus Infections/diagnosis ; Proteus Infections/therapy ; Proteus mirabilis ; Streptococcal Infections/diagnosis ; Streptococcal Infections/therapy ; Streptococcus milleri Group

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.

Date Created: 20121019 Date Completed: 20131203 Latest Revision: 20121018

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