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Aural tuberculosis: a series of 25 patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

L. J. Ramages*
Affiliation:
Cape Town, South Africa
R. Gertler*
Affiliation:
Cape Town, South Africa
*
Department of Otolaryngology, Groot Schuur Hospital Observatory, Cape Town, 7925, Republic of South Africa.
Department of Otolaryngology, Groot Schuur Hospital Observatory, Cape Town, 7925, Republic of South Africa.

Abstract

Twenty-five patients with thirty ears affected by tuberculosis of the middle ear cleft were diagnosed and treated at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, during the years 1972 to 1983. This series is a sequel to the series of 1967 to 1971 and reported by Sellars and Seid (1973). The classical disease presentation will be reviewed and compared to that found in our patients. The modern trends in diagnosis and management will be discussed. The emphasis is on early diagnosis and treatment in an eminently curable disease.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1985

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