2. COMPLICATIONS OF
CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA
The complications to be discussed
fall into two main categories.
1. THOSE WITHIN THE CRANIAL
CAVITY.
2.THOSE WITHIN THE TEMPORAL
BONE.
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3. COMPLICATIONS OF
CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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THOSE WITHIN THE CRANIAL CAVITY.
EXTRADURAL ABSCESS.
SUBDURAL ABSCESS. (empyema)
SIGMOID SINUS THROMBOPHLEBITIS.
MENINGITIS.
BRAIN ABSCESS.
OTITIC HYDROCEPHALUS.
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4. COMPLICATIONS OF CHRONIC
OTITIS MEDIA
THOSE WITHIN THE TEMPORAL BONE.
FACIAL PARALYSIS.
LABYRINTHINE INFECTIONS.
RARE COMPLICATIONS.
1. SUBCLAVIAN VEIN THROMBOSIS.
2. INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY
ANEURYSM.
3. PETROSITIS.
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