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Tuberculosis is a global health problem. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis remains to be a challenge in the diagnosis and treatment. Tuberculous otitis media being not so commonly diagnosed due to its varied presentation, early diagnosis and treatment remains to be a challenge. The aim of this study is to present the varied and unusual presentations and the importance of histopathological confirmation and new diagnostic tools like CBNAAT (cartridge based nucleic acid amplification test) which aids in the confirmation and to start anti-tubercular treatment (ATT). Five cases of tuberculous otitis media within a period of two years were included in the study. Among the five cases three cases presented with discharging sinuses, one with mastoid abscess and one with tuberculous otitis media with pulmonary origin. All five cases were confirmed with proper histopathological examination and two cases with CBNAAT (cartridge based nucleic acid amplification test) confirmation. Anti-tubercular treatment (ATT) was started and the patients were disease free. Tuberculous otitis media remains to be a rare complication of chronic suppurative otitis media and it has to be kept in mind while treating chronic suppurative otitis media. Classical presentations of tuberculous otitis media are not seen nowadays and the disease extending to the mastoid is the changing trend as the initial presentation. A proper suspicion with confirmation of the disease remains to be the gold standard for diagnosis and for treatment with anti-tubercular therapy.
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Hajare, P.S., Padmavathy, O. & Bellad, S.A. Changing Clinical Scenario of Tuberculous Otitis Media: A Case Series. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 74 (Suppl 1), 160–163 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-020-01925-7
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