RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Chronic otorrhoea, otalgia and hearing loss not responding to antibiotics and tympanoplasty surgery
JF BMJ Case Reports
JO BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e240897
DO 10.1136/bcr-2020-240897
VO 14
IS 4
A1 Brandt, Hannes Hermann
A1 Metternich, Frank Uwe
A1 Fürer, Raffaela
YR 2021
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/4/e240897.abstract
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.