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myringitis
Inflammation of the tympanic membrane. Bullous myringitis:
Etiology:
1) Mycoplasma pneumoniae
2) viral infection
Clinical manifestations:
1) severe ear pain
2) hearing loss resulting from chronic serous otitis media
3) pain may be relieved when a bulla ruptures, resulting in blood in the external ear canal
4) normal tympanic membrane adjacent to severely inflamed tissue
Differential diagnosis:
- otitis media
Management:
1) topical treatment
2) antibiotics
a) macrolide (azithromycin)
b) doxycycline
3) analgesics
Related
chronic serous otitis media (glue ear, otitis media with effusion)
General
ear infection
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American
College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998