Otoantritis and Meningitis in Infancy

Abstract

In infancy, intracranial complications of otitis media are met with in a considerably smaller number than in childhood or later life. It is a well-known fact that in infants most of these processes display a “latent” course; the torpid inflammation endangers the suckling's life rather by its distant effects. In a histological study (12), osteomyelitic changes were rarely seen in connection with otoantritis in infancy. Mostly, the inflammation progressed to the periosteum only, thus an empyema of the antrum prevailed.