TUBERCULOUS OTITIS MEDIA WITH FACIAL PALSY

Authors

  • P ADHIKARI
  • R GURAGAIN
  • CL BHUSAL

Abstract

A Case of tuberculous otitis  media with facial palsy in a 4 1/2 years old girl from a remote area of Nepal is presented. She was seen in the Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, TU Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. She underwent emergency mastoid exploration under general anesthesia. Per operatively a cheesy material over many parts of middle ear cleft and ony sequestrum were found and they were removed. likewise one of the cervical lymph node presented in the ipsilateral preauricularregion was also excised and sent for histopathological examination.which revealed tuberculosis in all the speciments. The Child was managed with antitubercular therapy (Category-1). A brief review of literature is also included.

Keywords: Tuberculous Otitis Media

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2010-07-02

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ADHIKARI P, GURAGAIN R, BHUSAL C. TUBERCULOUS OTITIS MEDIA WITH FACIAL PALSY. Nepalese J ENT Head Neck Surg [Internet]. 2010 Jul. 2 [cited 2024 Jul. 6];1(1):17-8. Available from: https://njehns.org.np/index.php/njehns/article/view/8

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010)

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Case Reports

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