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Case Reports
. 2011 May 3:2011:bcr0320113976.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.03.2011.3976.

Subdural empyema in chronic suppurative otitis media: a rarely encountered complication

Monica Gupta  1 , Kamal Singh, S S Lehl
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Case Reports

Subdural empyema in chronic suppurative otitis media: a rarely encountered complication

Monica Gupta et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

Here the authors describe the case of a 23-year-old young woman with life-threatening focal suppurative intracranial collection with brain compression secondary to long forgotten chronic suppurative otitis media. With the development and availability of broad-spectrum antibiotics and their timely usage, cases of suppurative otitis media are a rarity in the current times.

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Figure 1
Preoperative NCCT head showing left subdural collection with cerebral midline shift.
Figure 2
Figure 2
High-resolution CT temporal bone shows destroyed ossicles and mastoiditis.
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Figure 3
Postoperative NCCT head showing resolution of left subdural collection.
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