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Tuberculous Otomastoiditis: A Case Report

Sethu Thakachy Subha*, Periyannan Puraviappan, Abd Majid Nasir, Narayanan Prepageran

Department of Surgery (Otorhino-laryngology), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaya, Hospital Serdang 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.

*For Correspondence: E-mail: subhast2@yahoo.com Tel: 601-2345-9420 Fax: 603-8945-5217

International Journal of Health Research, September 2008; 1(3): 111-114

Received 21-Jul-08 Revision received: 3-Aug-08 Accepted for publication: 4-Aug-08

Case Report

Abstract

Tuberculosis is on the rise in the recent years. Commonest presentation is tuberculosis of the lungs. Tuberculosis of the middle ear cleft is relatively uncommon and often missed by clinicians. A case of tuberculous otomastoiditis with intracranial compli-cation is presented. This case report is to emphasize the fact that high index of clinical suspicion is necessary for the early diagnosis and treatment of this entity which can cause fatal consequences.

Keywords: Tuberculosis, Otomastoiditis, Facial palsy