Chronic otitis media

Last revised by Henry Knipe on 5 Apr 2023

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Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Knipe H, Bell D, Chronic otitis media. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 20 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-95273

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-95273

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/95273

rID:

95273

Article created:

29 Nov 2021, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Yuranga Weerakkody had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

5 Apr 2023, Henry Knipe ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Henry Knipe had the following disclosures:

Integral Diagnostics, Shareholder (ongoing)
Micro-X Ltd, Shareholder (ongoing)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Revisions:

4 times, by 3 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Head & Neck

Synonyms:

Chronic otitis media (COM)

Chronic otitis media is a form of otitis media where there is a prolonged phase of inflammation in the middle ear with resultant tympanic membrane perforation.

Pathology

There are a few types of chronic otitis media ^1-5:

benign/inactive chronic otitis media: dry tympanic membrane perforation
chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM): purulent drainage through perforated tympanic membrane
chronic otitis media with effusion (formerly chronic serous otitis media): serous drainage through the perforated tympanic membrane

Some ^ref consider adhesive otitis media to also be a form of chronic otitis media.