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Original Article

Complications of Acute and Chronic Otitis Media in the Antibiotic Era

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Pages 445-450 | Received 09 Mar 1972, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Ninety-six cases of complications of acute and chronic otitis media are reported. The complications were caused by acute otitis media in 43 cases and by chronic otitis media in 53 cases. Intracranial complications were present in 29 cases: epidural or perisinuous abscess in 8 cases, lateral sinus thrombosis in 5 cases, meningitis in 14 cases and temporal lobe abscess in 2 cases. All cases were treated surgically and all patients recovered.

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