Otitic hydrocephalus of tubercular origin: a rare cause

Otitic hydrocephalus is characterized by increased intra – cranial pressure without focal signs of neurological dysfunction. It usually occurs secondary to lateral sinus thrombosis more commonly on the right side, but it can also occur without lateral sinus thrombosis. With the advent of new antibio...

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Published in:Journal of laryngology and otology 2000-11, Vol.114 (11), p.874-877
Main Authors: Grewal, Hathiram, Bachi T., Agarwal, Ritu, Dwivedi, Ashwin, Walvekar, Rohan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
(RF) Otorhinolaryngology
Adolescent
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Female
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Hydrocephalus
Hydrocephalus - diagnostic imaging
Hydrocephalus - microbiology
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Nervous system as a whole
Neurology
Otitis Media
Otitis Media, Suppurative - complications
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tropical medicine
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis - complications
Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections
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Summary:Otitic hydrocephalus is characterized by increased intra – cranial pressure without focal signs of neurological dysfunction. It usually occurs secondary to lateral sinus thrombosis more commonly on the right side, but it can also occur without lateral sinus thrombosis. With the advent of new antibiotics there has been a spectacular decrease in the complications of otitis media. Otogenic intra – cranial hypertension, always an uncommon condition, is seen only very rarely nowadays. Tubercular otitis media still occurs in India, and due to delays in its diagnosis it usually presents with complications. We present three patients with otitic hydrocephalus of tubercular origin.
ISSN:0022-2151
1748-5460
DOI:10.1258/0022215001904211