PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Brandt, Hannes Hermann
AU  - Metternich, Frank Uwe
AU  - Fürer, Raffaela
TI  - Chronic otorrhoea, otalgia and hearing loss not responding to antibiotics and tympanoplasty surgery
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2020-240897
DP  - 2021 Apr 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e240897
VI  - 14
IP  - 4
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/4/e240897.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/4/e240897.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2021 Apr 01; 14
AB  - Chronic otorrhoea from a tympanic membrane perforation is common. We present the case of a patient who had already received seemingly adequate treatment for his condition in the past. Yet, he presented to our outpatient clinic with worsening otalgia and otorrhoea, progressive hearing loss and a new tympanic membrane perforation. After a thorough otological evaluation, the patient’s medical history and the histological specimen from a previous operation were reviewed. The findings met the diagnostic criteria of eosinophilic otitis media. After treatment with topic triamcinolone through the perforated tympanic membrane, the patient’s otalgia subsided, hearing levels were improved and the size of the tympanic membrane perforation decreased.