ALLERGIC OTITIS MEDIA IN TWO CASES
1999 Volume 42 Issue 4 Pages 380-384
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1999 Volume 42 Issue 4 Pages 380-384
The characteristics of allergic otitis media are as follows : in combination with other allergic diseases, such as bronchial asthma and nasal allergy, with eosinophils from ear discharge or middle ear mucosa; resistance to antibiotics; antiallergic medicine is most effective; and surgical treatments generally are not effective.
We treated 2 cases of this diseases accompanied onsets of asthma and ear discharge complaints. The ear discharges coincided with the asthma attacks.One case was accompanied by Sweet's diseases an autoimmune disease. We detected eosinophils from ear discharge or middle ear mucosa, however, there was no increase in the serum IgE level in either of the cases, so diagnoses of eosinophiylic otitis media were determined.
One case has been treated with tubing, and with steroid and antiallergic medications, and the other case has undergone surgery.
