cholesteatoma/fever

Introduction. Intracranial extension of cholesteatoma is rare. This may occur de novo or recur some time later either contiguous with or separate to the site of the original cholesteatoma. Presentation of Case. A 63-year-old female presented to a tertiary referral hospital with a fluctuating level

Acute coalescent mastoiditis is an uncommon sequela of acute otitis media. It occurs principally in the well-pneumatized temporal bone. The findings of fever, pain, postauricular swelling, and otorrhea are classic. Cholesteatoma, on the other hand, being associated with chronic infection, usually

OBJECTIVE Cholesteatoma of the paranasal sinuses is a rare pathology. A review of the literature reported less than 30 cases. These lesions mainly involve the frontal sinus. METHODS A 25-year-old man presented with a right painful fronto-orbital mass associated with an ipsilateral eyelid oedema and

A 30-year-old Vietnamese patient is reported who was admitted with a resistant acute otitis externa, and who complained also of headache and fever. The symptoms were found to be caused by the intracranial complications (epidural abscess and bacterial meningitis) of an aural cholesteatoma. A

After introduction of antibiotics, endocranial complications in otitis media are less common. Lateral sinus thrombophlebitis (LST) incidence has markedly decreased but mortality is still high. This complication should be considered in patients with ear discharge, fever and neurological symptoms.

To call attention to complications of chronic otitis media, the case of a patient who simultaneously developed lateral sinus thrombosis and Bezold's abscess is reported. A 7 year old boy presented with fever, drowsiness, cervical mass and otorrhea not responding to medical management. Work-up

A 78-year-old man had a fever and exhibited disordered consciousness, which led to his transportation to our hospital. On arrival, he exhibited discharge from the ear. Because extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli was detected in the ear discharge and cerebrospinal fluid

Otitis media chronica cholesteatomatica with cerebral sigmoid sinus thrombosis is an important differential diagnosis in the evaluation of headache. We describe a 31-year-old Filipino man with chief complaints of headache, otalgia, vomiting, and vertigo, and no significant past medical history. Two

Data from patients undergoing acute mastoidectomy were examined retrospectively to evaluate if the nature of acute mastoiditis (AM) treated surgically has changed during the last 20 years (1977-97). Moreover, a prevalence study was conducted to clarify the otological and audiological course

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the predisposing factors for otogenic intracranial abscesses, assess their changes over time, and analyze how they differ from those due to other causes. METHODS The medical records of all patients treated for otogenic intracranial abscesses, between 1970 and 2012 at a tertiary

Two cases of special intracranial otogenic complications were analyzed in the aspects of clinical characteristics, diagnosis and therapy. We concluded that for patients with huge cholesteatoma which damaged the bone of skull base, or chronic otitis media patients with sharp deterioration in

During the eight-year period, 1983-1990, 102 cases of intracranial (IC) and extracranial (EC) complications from 17 144 suppurative otitis media were reviewed. The prevalence of each complication was 0.24 and 0.45 per cent respectively. Facial paralysis, subperiosteal abscess and labyrinthitis were

The number of brain abscesses has been reduced since the preantibiotic era. This was accomplished by judicious use of antibiotics, by the advent of computed tomography, and by improvements in patient care and surgical techniques. Analysis from 122 patients with brain abscess demonstrated this trend

Intracranial abscesses are serious complications of chronic suppurative otitis media (COM). This study included 32 patients presenting with intracranial abscesses from 780 patients hospitalized for treatment of COM. The 32 patients had 59 intracranial complications. Perisinus abscess (13 of 32) was