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Complications of Suppurative Otitis Media. Dr. Vishal Sharma. Definition. Infection spreads beyond muco-periosteal lining of middle ear cleft to involve bone & neighboring structures like facial nerve, inner ear, dural venous sinuses, meninges, brain tissue & extra-temporal soft tissue.
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Complications of Suppurative Otitis Media Dr. Vishal Sharma
Definition Infection spreadsbeyond muco-periosteal lining of middle ear cleftto involve bone & neighboring structures like facial nerve, inner ear, dural venous sinuses, meninges, brain tissue & extra-temporal soft tissue.
Features of Complications • Severe otalgia, painful swelling around ear • Vertigo, nausea, vomiting • Headache + blurred vision + projectile vomiting • Fever + neck rigidity + irritability / drowsiness • Facial asymmetry • Otorrhoea + Retro-orbital pain + diplopia • Ataxia
Classification • Intra-cranial • Extra-cranial, Intra-temporal • Extra-cranial, Extra-temporal • Systemic: septicemia, otogenic tetanus
Intra-cranial Complications • Extra-dural abscess • Subdural abscess • Meningitis • Brain abscess • Lateral Sinus thrombophlebitis • Otitic hydrocephalus • Brain fungus (fungus cerebri)
Intra-temporal Complications • Acute mastoiditis • Coalescent mastoiditis • Masked mastoiditis • Facial nerve palsy • Labyrinthitis • Labyrinthine fistula • Apex Petrositis (Gradenigo syndrome)
Extra-temporal Complications • Post-auricular abscess • Bezold abscess • Citelli abscess • Luc abscess • Zygomatic abscess • Retro-mastoid abscess
Factors Affecting Pathogen FactorsPatient Factors High virulence bacteria Young age Antimicrobial resistance Poor immune status Chronic disease (DM, TB) Physician Factors Poor socio-economic status Non-availability Lack of health awareness Injudicious antibiotic use Error in recognizing dangerous symptoms & signs
Routes of entry 1. Bony erosion (cholesteatoma destruction, osteitis) 2. Retrograde Thrombophlebitis 3. Anatomical pathway: oval window, round window, internal auditory canal, suture line, cochlear & vestibular aqueduct 4. Congenital bony defects: facial canal, tegmen plate 5. Acquired bony defects: fracture, neoplasm, stapedectomy 6. Peri-arteriolar space of Virchow-Robin: spread into brain
Pathogenesis Aditus Blockage Failure of drainage Stasis of secretions Hyperemic decalcification Resorption of bony septa of air cells Coalescence of small air cells to form cavity Empyema of mastoid cavity
Clinical Features & Investigation • Otorrhoea > 2 weeks, otalgia & deafness • Mastoid reservoir sign: pus fills up on mopping • Sagging of postero-superior canal wall due to peri-osteitis of bony wall b/w antrum & posterior E.A.C. • Ironed out appearance of skin over mastoid due to thickened periosteum • Mastoid tenderness present • Mastoid cavity in X-ray & CT scan
Treatment • Urgent hospital admission • Broad spectrum I.V. antibiotics No response to medical treatment in 48 hrs Development of new complication Presence of sub-periosteal abscess • Myringotomy to drain out painful pus • Incision drainage of sub-periosteal abscess • Cortical Mastoidectomy
Pathology Production of pus under tension hyperaemic decalcification (halisteresis) + osteoclastic resorption of bone sub-periosteal abscess penetration of periosteum + skin fistula formation
Types of sub-periosteal abscess • Post-auricular • Bezold • Citelli • Zygomatic • Luc • Retro-mastoid • Parapharyngeal & Retropharyngeal
Post-auricular abscess Commonest. Present behind the ear. Pinna pushed forward & downward.
Bezold & Citelli abscesses Bezold: neck swelling over sternocleido- mastoid muscle Citelli:neck swelling over posterior belly of digastric muscle
D/D of Bezold’s abscess • Suppurative lymphadenopathy of upper deep cervical lymph node • Para-pharyngeal abscess • Parotid tail abscess • Infected branchial cyst • Internal jugular vein thrombosis
Luc: swelling in external auditory canal Zygomatic:swelling antero-superior to pinna + upper eyelid oedema Retro-mastoid: swelling over occipital bone (? Citelli’s abscess) Parapharyngeal & Retropharyngeal: due to spread of pus along Eustachian tube
Gradenigo syndrome Persistent otorrhoea:despite adequate cortical mastoidectomy Retro-orbital pain: Trigeminal nv involvement Diplopia: convergent squint due to lateral rectus palsy by injury to abducent nv in Dorello’s canal under Gruber’s petro-sphenoid ligament, at petrous apex
Persistent otorrhoea + Retro-orbital pain + Convergent squint
Right Convergent squint Right gaze Central gaze Left gaze
Etiology:Coalescent mastoiditis involving petrous apex along postero-superior & antero-inferior tracts in relation to bony labyrinth Diagnosis: 1. C.T. scan temporal bone for bony details. 2. M.R.I. to differ b/w bone marrow & pus Treatment:Modified radical mastoidectomy & clearance of petrous apex cells
Hearing preserving approaches to petrous apex • Eagleton’s middle cranial fossa approach • Frenckner’s subarcuate approach • Thornwaldt’s retro-labyrinthine approach • Dearmin & Farrior’s infra-labyrinthine approach • Farrior’s hypotympanic sub-cochlear approach • Lempert Ramadier’s peri-tubal approach • Kopetsky Almoor’s peri-tubal approach
Hearing sacrificing approaches to petrous apex • Trans-cochlear approach • Trans-labyrinthine approach
Introduction Inflammation of endosteal layer of bony labyrinth Route of infection: Round window membrane Pre-formed opening (Stapedectomy) Retrograde spread of meningitis via IAC / aqueducts Clinical forms: 1. Circumscribed (labyrinthine fistula) 2. Diffuse serous 3. Diffuse suppurative
Circumscribed: Fistula commonly involves lateral SCC. Presents with transient vertigo & positive fistula test I/L nystagmus with +ve pressure; C/L nystagmus with -ve pressure • Serous: Reversible, non-purulent, mild vertigo, I/L nystagmus, mild sensori-neural hearing loss • Purulent: Irreversible, purulent, severe vertigo, C/L nystagmus, severe / profound hearing loss
Treatment: Bed rest (affected ear up). Avoid head movement. Labyrinthine sedative:Prochlorperazine, Cinnarizine Broad spectrum I.V. antibiotics Modified Radical Mastoidectomy:removes infection Open labyrinthine fistula:cover with temporalis fascia Fistula covered with cholesteatoma matrix < 2 mm: remove matrix & cover with temporalis fascia > 2 mm / multiple / over promontory:leave it Rehabilitation by Cawthorne-Cooksey Exercises