1990 年 21 巻 1 号 p. 185-186
When we treat patients of otitis media, we first examine the tympanic membrane to know the condition of inflammation of tympanic cavity. We examined the pathogenesis of the tympanic cavity of each case of acute inflammation and chronic inflammation of pars tensa, and cases where there were no findings of inflammation in the pars tensa. In most cases of acute inflammation of pars tensa, inflammation of tympanic cavity was acute; in chronic inflammation of pars tensa, chronic. It was interesting that, even in cases of normal pars tensa, inflammation was frequently found in tympanic cavity. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to the possibility of inflammation in tympanic cavity, even if the tympanic membrane appears normal.