Tuberculous Otitis Media

Poon Seong LIM, Bee See GOH, Lokman SAIM

Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia

ABSTRACT

Tuberculosis otitis media is relatively rare and often masquerade as other common otological conditions resulting in delay of diagnosis and complications of disease. It is usually characterised by painless chronic ear discharge with multiple tympanic membrane perforation and presence of abundant granulation tissues in the middle ear on examination. We report the case of a 66-year-old man who presented with symptoms of acute otitis media secondary to tuberculosis.

Keywords: Otitis media, ear, tuberculosis, tympanic membrane

Correspondence author: GOH BS, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia.

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Brunei Int Med J. 2013; 9 (5): 329-333