A CASE OF BILATERAL CSOM WITH LEFT TEMPORAL LOBE ABSCESS IN 13 YEARS OLD CHILD
Dr. Narender Kumar, Dr. Amar Singh*, Madhu Rana and Dr. Madan Mohan Sharma
ABSTRACT
Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is a very common disease and intracranial complications are known sequale of CSOM. Otogenic brain abscess is the second most common complication of CSOM after meningitis. A case of otogenic temporal lobe abscess in a 13 year old boy which was managed by drainage of abscess by transmastoid approach, followed few days later by modified radical mastoidectomy (MRM) is reported.
Keywords: Chronic suppurative otitis media, otogenic brain abscess, modified radical mastoidectomy.
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