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Ernest Vomero, MD; Scott J. Ratner, MD

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1988;114(9):1029-1030.

Abstract
• Extrapulmonary foci of tuberculosis appear more frequently than in previous years, while the incidence of tuberculous otitis, a neglected and often difficult to diagnose entity, is unknown. We describe a case of an adult with miliary tuberculosis not initially suspected on clinical criteria, in whom the diagnosis of miliary tuberculosis was made by inspection of a modified Kinyoun stain of occult ear discharge. The significance and diagnostic problems associated with tuberculous otitis are briefly reviewed.

(Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1988;114:1029-1030)

Author Affiliations
From the St Luke's–Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication May 23, 1988.

Reprints not available.

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