charecters of tb otitis media is: (A) painful ottorhea, (B) multiple tympaniic perforation, (C) pale granulation, (D) facial palsy
Answer is A. Tuberculous Otitis Media * Painless , odourless otorrhoea refractory to antibiotics * Multiple TM perforations and a large perforation * Middle ear mucosa pale (congest., around E.T.0.) * Pale granulations in mastoid & middle ear * Severe deafness with bony necrosis (caries) * Facial palsy & labyrinthitis * Tb: Anti-TB therapy and mastoidectomy red : hazarika 4th ed