AA82
category
Chronic serous or mucoid otitis media
Definition
Chronic serous or mucoid otitis media is probably the most common form of sub-acute middle ear disease found in the developed world. It typically lingers following otitis media, when the fluid in the ear, formed by the infection, does not clear spontaneously. The tympanic membrane is intact but the middle ear is liquid- fluid filled. This presumably puts the middle ear at risk for further infection and often worsens hearing by about 30 dB. This is most frequently found in children and can interfere with language acquisition and learning.
Also indexed as
Catarrhal chronic otitis mediaChronic mucoid otitis mediaChronic secretory otitis mediaChronic serous or mucoid otitis mediaChronic serous or mucoid otitis media with effusionChronic serous or mucoid otitis media with nonpurulent effusionChronic transudative otitis mediaGlue earSeromucinous otitis mediacatarrhal tubotympanitischronic mucinous otitis mediachronic mucoid otitis media, simple or unspecifiedchronic mucoid otitis media, unspecified earchronic nonsuppurative otitis media with serous effusionchronic serous or mucoid exudative otitis mediachronic serous or mucoid transudative otitis mediachronic serous secretory otitis mediachronic tubotympanic catarrhotitis media with serous effusionseromucinous chronic otitis mediaserous glue earsimple chronic mucoid otitis mediasimple chronic serous otitis mediatubotympanal catarrh