CLINICAL CASE OF TUBERCULOSIS OF THE MIDDLE EAR

Abstract

This article discusses the case of a rare extrapulmonary tuberculous process in the temporal bone. A peculiarity of this case is that tuberculous otitis media developed without immunodeficiency. For a long time, otitis was treated as a non-specific process, and only after a histological examination of the surgical material was the diagnosis established and anti-tuberculosis treatment started. The difficulty of a diagnosis due to the lack of a specific clinical symptoms and phthisiatric alertness is illustrated.