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Chronic myringitis and chronic suppurative otitis media

Chronische Myringitis und chronische Mittelohrentzündung

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Vierunddreißig Patienten mit chronischer Myringitis wurden untersucht mittels Otoskopie, Tonaudiometrie, Tympanometrie, Röntgenaufnahmen des Ohres und bakteriologische Untersuchungen des Otorrhöes. Fünf atypische Fälle wurden ausführlich vorgestellt. Drei von diesen Fällen erlebten eine Trommelfellperforation vor dem Ausbruch der typischen, chronischen Myringitis. Die übrigen Fälle zeigten eine kleine, vorübergehende Trommelfellperforation während des langen Verlaufs der chronischen Myringitis. Diese Krankheitsfälle zeigen an, daß die chronische Myringitis während chronischer Mittelohrentzündung vorkommen und auch eine Trommelfellperforation verursachen kann.

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Thirty-four chronic myringitis cases were examined by otoscopy, pure tone audiometry, tympanometry, skull X-rays, and bacteriologic study of otorrhea. Five atypical cases are presented in detail. Three of these five cases had a perforation of the tympanic membrane preceding the appearance of typical chronic myringitis. The remaining two cases showed a transient small tympanic membrane perforation during the long course of chronic myringitis. These cases suggest that chronic myringitis could occur in some chronic suppurative otitis media and that myringitis could cause tympanic membrane perforation.

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Hoshino, T., Yano, J., Ichimura, K. et al. Chronic myringitis and chronic suppurative otitis media. Arch Otorhinolaryngol 234, 219–223 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00464325

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