Delayed diagnosed Gradenigo's syndrome associated with acute otitis media

Demir B., Abuzaid G., Ergenc Z., KEPENEKLİ KADAYİFCİ E.

SAGE OPEN MEDICAL CASE REPORTS, cilt.8, 2020 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/2050313x20966119
  • Dergi Adı: SAGE OPEN MEDICAL CASE REPORTS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Gradenigo's syndrome, petrous apicitis, abducens palsy, acute otitis media, PETROUS APICITIS
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Gradenigo's syndrome presents as a triad of retroorbital pain, ipsilateral abducens palsy, and purulent otorrhea. If the otologic pathologies in Gradenigo's syndrome go unnoticed, the condition could be misdiagnosed with neurological diseases because of retroorbital pain and abducens palsy. Treatment of Gradenigo's syndrome remains controversial. Although some reports state that long-term antibiotic treatment is sufficient, we recommended that management ought to be guided on a case-by-case basis depending on patient and disease factors. Herein, we report a delayed diagnosed pediatric case of Gradenigo's syndrome associated with acute otitis media that was treated with ventilation tube insertion.