Korean J Otorhinolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.  2011 Jul;54(7):497-500. 10.3342/kjorl-hns.2011.54.7.497.

Eosinophilic Otitis Media 3 Cases Discovered with Recurrent and Sticky Otorrhea after Ventilation Tube Insertion

• Lim GC
• Hyun CL
• Choi SH

• KMID: 2277264
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3342/kjorl-hns.2011.54.7.497

Abstract

We studied three patients in whom otorrhea occurred without bacterial infection following ventilation tube (VT) insertion. These patients took oral steroids since the conventional therapy was not effective; however, the oral steroids produced temporal effect since sticky otorrhea occurred when the oral steroids were stopped. We collected ear discharge from each patient and consulted the pathologist about histopathologic findings of it. We identified the predominant eosinophilic infiltration at specimen. We tried to relate this type of otitis media with eosinophilic otitis media (EOM) and treated the patients with intratympanic steroid injection.

Keyword

Otitis media; Tympanostomy tube insertion; Eosinophil; Dexamethasone

MeSH Terms

Bacterial Infections
Dexamethasone
Ear
Eosinophils
Humans
Middle Ear Ventilation
Otitis
Otitis Media
Polymethacrylic Acids
Steroids
Ventilation
Dexamethasone
Polymethacrylic Acids
Steroids