A complication of otitis media is defined as a spread of infection beyond the pneumatized
area of the temporal bone and the associated mucosa. Complications can be classified as …

Objectives: Intracranial complications as a result of otogenic infections occur even in the
antibiotic era. Meningitis is the most common reported intracranial complication, followed by …

Intracranial complications of otitis media are rare in the age of antiobiotics and in the
developed world, but they can be life threatening when they occur. We present a case of a …

Intracranial complications of chronic otitis media have been on the decline with advent of
antibiotics. Septic thrombosis of the sigmoid sinus is rarer compared to commoner …

Complications of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media: A Left Otogenic Brain Abscess and a
right Mastoid Fistula - Yok Kuan Chew, Jack Pein Cheong, Abdullah Khir, Sushil Brito-Mutunayagam …

Acute or chronic otitis media can cause intracranial complications, one of the most serious
being brain abscess. Empirical antibiotic treatment and proper surgical management should …

The article by Huseyin Seven, Berna Uslu Coskun, Asli B. Calis, Ibrahim Sayin and Suat
Turgut in the European Archives of Otorhinolaryngology (15 June 2005, DOI …

Intracranial abscesses are serious complications of chronic suppurative otitis media (COM).
This study included 32 patients presenting with intracranial abscesses from 780 patients …

Intracranial complications secondary to ear infections is an established clinical condition.
The proximity of the brain compartments to the ear increases the chances of infections being …

Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is one of the commonest disease entities
encountered in otolaryngology practice. Due to poor economic conditions poor hygiene lack …