Tuberculous otitis media with endobronchial tuberculosis

• Published in: Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy Vol. 18; no. 6; pp. 951 - 954
• Main Authors: Hwang, Ki-Eun, Kim, So-Young, Chung, Jin-Soo, Jeong, Eun-Taik, Kim, Hak-Ryul, Lee, Sang-Heon, Choi, Keum-Ha, Park, Do-Sim, Park, Seong-Hoon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Elsevier Ltd 01-12-2012; Springer Japan
• Subjects: Antitubercular Agents; Biopsy; Bronchi - microbiology; Bronchoscopy; Case Report; Ear, Middle - microbiology; Ear, Middle - pathology; Endobronchial tuberculosis; Female; Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine; Humans; Infectious Diseases; Medical Microbiology; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification; Otitis Media - diagnosis; Otitis Media - microbiology; Radiography, Thoracic; Temporal Bone - diagnostic imaging; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Tuberculosis - diagnosis; Tuberculosis - microbiology; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - microbiology; Tuberculous otitis media; Virology; Tuberculous otitis media; Endobronchial tuberculosis
• ISSN: 1341-321X; 1437-7780
• DOI: 10.1007/s10156-012-0399-2

Although tuberculosis can affect various organs and tissues, the lung is the site most commonly involved. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) involves relatively inaccessible and variable sites and is consequently often overlooked by clinicians. The ear is a notably very rare site of EPTB, and the diagnosis is difficult because of the variable and confusing signs and symptoms. To our knowledge, this is the first case in which tuberculous otitis media and endobronchial tuberculosis coexisted.