Chronic suppurative otitis media
Black, B.
Australian Family Physician 20(5): 573; 576-577
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-8495 PMID: 1854292 Document Number: 371579
Chronic suppurative otitis media refers to those ears in which the ear drum has a chronic non healing perforation. The perforation may or may not be associated with ossicular fixation or necrosis, middle ear infections, tympanosclerosis or mastoiditis. It is a disease commonly found in lower socio-economic areas and is particularly prevalent worldwide in groups with low living standards.