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Labyrinthine fistula: a complication of chronic suppurative otitis media

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

D. S. Grewal
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, T. N. Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Bachi T. Hathiram
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, T. N. Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Ashwani Dwivedi
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, T. N. Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Lovneesh Kumar
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, T. N. Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Kaushal Sheth
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, T. N. Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Shobhit Srivastava
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, T. N. Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai, India.

Abstract

A labyrinthine fistula is a frequent complication of long-standing unsafe chronic suppurative otitis media. It is characterized by a slowly progressive erosion of the bony labyrinth. In this paper we present our observations regarding the diagnosis and management in 50 patients with unsafe chronic suppurative otitis media with labyrinthine fistula.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2003

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