[Tuberculous otitis media: A case presentation and review of european literature]. / Otitis media tuberculosa: Presentación de un caso y revisión de la literatura europea.
Rev Esp Quimioter
; 36(5): 519-525, 2023 Oct.
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Tuberculous otitis media (TOM) is a rare affectation in our environment that represents a challenge in its diagnosis due to the non-specific symptoms that it usually presents. This paper presents our experience in the diagnosis of a case of TOM in a 66-year-old woman with hearing loss and chronic otorrhea of more than 6 months of evolution that did not respond to conventional treatments. In addition, a review of the cases published in the last 20 years (2000-2022) in countries of the European Union (EU) is carried out. The most common symptoms were otorrhea (n=43; 100%), hearing loss (n=37; 86.05%), eardrum perforation (n=19; 44.18%), facial paralysis (n=12, 27,91%) and ear pain (n=13; 30,23%). The most used sample for diagnosis was the biopsy obtained by mastoidectomy (n=34; 79.06%). All patients were given antituberculous therapy for a mean duration of 8.11 months (range, 6-12 months). The most frequent aftereffect was hearing loss (n=28; 65.12%). TOM should be included in the differential diagnosis of chronic suppurative otitis, since early diagnosis and treatment reduce the probability of suffering irreversible sequelae.
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Otite Média
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Tuberculose
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Paralisia Facial
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Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Screening_studies
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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2023
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Article